"Pain and Emotional Changes on Relationships Between Anxiety and Olfaction"

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2021-01-15
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

Introduction: This prospective study aimed to assess the impact of olfaction on providing positive emotional responses and reducing dental anxiety and pain.

Material: A randomized double-blinded controlled study was enrolled on female patients. The olfaction was stimulated via lavender essential oils. Patients were divided into lavender and control groups. Patients in lavender group inhaled 2 % lavender vapors. In control group, patients inhaled distal water vapors. The variables included pain, anxiety, and vital signs. Anxiety was measured through Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) and Speilberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaires. Pain was evaluated through visual analog scales (VAS). Vital signs included the systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), heart rate (HR), respiratory rate (RR), and oxygen saturation (Spo2). All variables were assessed before the intervention, 20 minutes after inhalation of vapors, and at the end of dental settings. The last evaluation was on the day after visits. P-values < 0.05 were considered significant.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Qassim University

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult females over 18 years,

• Attending morning sessions of clinics (9 am),

• Liable for administration of local anesthesia, tooth preparation either for:

1. Filling procedures or crown preparations

2. Endodontic treatment

3. Teeth extraction

4. Eubgingival scaling

Exclusion Criteria:

• Males

• Females who had:

1. Allergies

2. Bronchial asthma

3. Common cold

4. Pulmonary diseases

5. Migraine

• Females who taking:

1. Antidepressants

2. Anxiolytic drugs

3. Opioids

4. Other medications that affect emotional responses

• Pregnant females