A dental fears typology of oral surgery patients: Matching patients to anxiety interventions

Health Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 614-624

  Litt, Mark D ^b   Kalinowski, Lori ^a   Shafer, David ^a  

^a Connecticut Stt Dept of Education ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety reduction; Anxiety types; Dental anxiety; Oral surgery; Patient treatment matching

Indexed keywords

SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHOBIA; PREMEDICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RELAXATION TRAINING; SELF REPORT; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COGNITION; DENTAL ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SURGERY, ORAL;

EID: 0032737096     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.18.6.614     Document Type: Article

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