The association of stress and patient's pain perception during endodontic therapy
Usman Sana, Imran Salem Qureshi, Iffat Umair Niazi, Nasrullah Khan, Muhammad Muddassar, Imran Khan Khattak
2101
Abstract
Objective: To assess the effects of
pre-operative stress level on pain perception during endodontic therapy.
Methods: 300 patients who visited
the dental section of Islam Dental College for endodontic therapy were included.
Numeric pain scale was implicated for assessment of pain. Stress levels were
documented using the stress scale. SPSS, Version 16.0 was used for data collection.
Results: Statistically significance
correlation was found to be 0.77 when considering stress and pain during
endodontic therapy.
Conclusion: Pre-operative assessment of
stress helps operator improved pain control in endodontics. Therefore it is suggested
that reducing patient’s stress levels will help improve endodontic treatment
outcome.