Auricular acupuncture effectively reduces state anxiety before dental treatment-a randomised controlled trial

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1517-1522

  Michalek Sauberer, Andrea ^a   Gusenleitner, Erich ^a   Gleiss, Andreas ^a   Tepper, Gabor ^a   Deusch, Engelbert ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Wiener Krankenanstaltenverbund   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative; Anxiety; Complementary therapy; Dental; Ear; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE, EAR; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84869508393     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-011-0662-4     Document Type: Article

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