Psychosocial effects associated with dental fear in adult dental patients with avoidance behaviours
Psychosocial effects associated with dental fear in adult dental patients with avoidance behaviours
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具有回避行为的成年牙科患者与牙科恐惧相关的心理社会影响
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1993
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U. Berggren
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U. Berggren
真正的牙科恐惧症最明显的后果是避免必要的牙科护理。以前的研究表明，这种回避对个人的口腔健康状况有不利影响，也降低了生活质量。然而，在牙科这一领域的系统调查很少，临床观察和访谈可能往往无法引出有关的信息以外的牙科情况下造成的损害。本调查评估了牙科恐惧症患者的情绪和社交生活影响的存在和水平，包括牙科和一般恐惧的患病率以及避免看牙科的时间长度。结果表明，大多数患者认为他们必须减少他们的社会关系，许多人，特别是长期回避者，报告了广泛的负面社会生活影响。这往往会导致孤独感或明显的社会孤立感。它仍然有待观察wheth…
Abstract The most obvious consequence of a genuine dental phobic reaction is the avoidance of necessary dental care. Previous research has indicated that such avoidance has adverse effects on an individual's oral health status, and also reduces the quality of life. However, systematic investigations in this area of dentistry are few and clinical observations and interviews may often fail to elicit information regarding the impairment created outside the dental situation. The present investigation assessed the presence and levels of emotional and social life effects among dental phobic patients with regard to the prevalence of dental and general fears and the length of time for which dentistry had been avoided. It was shown that a majority of the patients felt that they had to curtail their social relations, and many, especially long-term avoiders, reported wide-spread negative social life effects. Often this had extended into feelings of loneliness or to overt social isolation. It remains to be seen wheth...