TY - JOUR
T1 - Effectiveness of a videotaped behavioral intervention in reducing anxiety in emergency oral surgery patients
AU - Robertson, Cecelia
AU - Gatchel, Robert J.
AU - Fowler, Craig
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a grant (DE 08243) to the second author from the National Institute of Dental Research. The informed consent of all human subjects who participated in this investigation was obtained after the nature of the procedure and possible discomforts and risks had been explained fully.
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - This study evaluated the effectiveness of a videotaped behavioral treatment program in reducing dental anxiety in emergency oral surgery patients. It compared a videotaped placebo program and a no-treatment control condition. Anxiety, measured for two periods during the study fan anticipatory phase just before oral surgery and a post oral surgery phase), was evaluated by means of self-report, physiological, and behavioral observation measures. Results revealed significant treatment group as well as Group × Sex interaction effects for the heart rate index of physiological arqusal. Results also revealed that the treatment program was reported by subjects to be significantly more helpful than the placebo program. Overall, these results suggest that a short, videotaped behavioral intervention can have a positive effect on the oral surgery patient, and that the sex of the subject may be an important variable to be incorporated in evaluating the effectiveness of this type of treatment program.
AB - This study evaluated the effectiveness of a videotaped behavioral treatment program in reducing dental anxiety in emergency oral surgery patients. It compared a videotaped placebo program and a no-treatment control condition. Anxiety, measured for two periods during the study fan anticipatory phase just before oral surgery and a post oral surgery phase), was evaluated by means of self-report, physiological, and behavioral observation measures. Results revealed significant treatment group as well as Group × Sex interaction effects for the heart rate index of physiological arqusal. Results also revealed that the treatment program was reported by subjects to be significantly more helpful than the placebo program. Overall, these results suggest that a short, videotaped behavioral intervention can have a positive effect on the oral surgery patient, and that the sex of the subject may be an important variable to be incorporated in evaluating the effectiveness of this type of treatment program.
KW - Behavioral treatment
KW - Dental anxiety
KW - Emergency oral surgery
KW - Videotaped intervention
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U2 - 10.1080/08964289.1991.9935162
DO - 10.1080/08964289.1991.9935162
M3 - Article
C2 - 1878612
AN - SCOPUS:0025784986
SN - 0896-4289
VL - 17
SP - 77
EP - 85
JO - Behavioral Medicine
JF - Behavioral Medicine
IS - 2
ER -