The status of fear to oral root canal surgery and its relationship with disease perception and social support in patients
Objective Investigate the disease perception and social support of patients with preoperative fear of oral root canal surgery.Methods A total of 100 patients undergoing oral root canal surgery admitted to our hospi-tal from January 2020 to January 2023 were selected for inclusion in the study.According to the Dental Anxiety Scale(Modified Dental Anxiety Scale,MDAS),they were divided into a fear group of 58 patients(MDAS≥11 points)and a non fear group of 42 patients(MDAS<11 points).Compare the situation of the Brief Illness Perception Question-naire(BIPQ)and Social Support Rating Scale(SSRS)between two groups of patients,and use Pearson correlation analysis to analyze the relationship between the total BIPQ score and Pearson correlation analysis was used to analyze the relationship between the total BIPQ and SSRS scores of oral root canal surgery patients and preoperative fear.Results Patients in the fear group had higher overall scores in disease perception,including outcome,duration,personal con-trol,identity,attention,understanding,emotion,and BIPQ than those in the non fear group(P<0.05).Patients in the fear group showed lower levels of objective support,subjective support,social support utilization,and total SSRS scores than those in the non fear group(P<0.05).Correlation analysis shows that the total BIPQ score of patients un-dergoing oral root canal surgery is negatively correlated with MDAS,while the total SSRS score is positively correlated with MDAS(P<0.05).Conclusion The patient's disease perception and social support level are closely related to the generation of preoperative fear.Clinical measures should be taken to reduce the patient's negative perception of the dis-ease and enhance the patient's social support level,thereby increasing the patient's level of positivity,thereby improv-ing the patient's self-management behavior ability,and ultimately improving the patient's prognosis.