Effects of a Training Needle on Dental Hygiene Student Anxiety.
Purpose: The purpose of this pilot study was to assess whether practicing with a cotton-tipped applicator as compared to a new training device had an effect on the anxiety levels of dental hygiene students prior to administering and receiving their first intraoral injection for local anesthesia. Met...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Dental Hygiene Vol. 92; no. 2; pp. 57 - 62 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Dental Hygienists Association
Apr2018
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| Sumario: | Purpose: The purpose of this pilot study was to assess whether practicing with a cotton-tipped applicator as compared to a new training device had an effect on the anxiety levels of dental hygiene students prior to administering and receiving their first intraoral injection for local anesthesia. Methods: This pilot study used a convenience sample of senior dental hygiene students from an entrylevel Bachelor degree dental hygiene program. Participants completed a pre-test survey after watching a video demonstrating the inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) injection technique to determine anxiety levels regarding administering and receiving an intraoral injection. Test and control groups were randomly assigned; and participants either received a dental syringe with an attached training needle device (test) or a cotton tip applicator (control). Both groups completed a post-test survey following a 15 minute practice session. Descriptive statistics were performed and Chi-square tests were used to determine significance. Results: Pre-test results showed that 91% of the participants (n=23) reported having anxiety regarding administering or receiving an intraoral injection in one or multiple areas. Chi-square tests determined no statistical significance (p=0.125) between the test and control groups in the post-test surveys. Conclusion: Dental hygiene students demonstrated decreased anxiety levels regarding administering and receiving an intraoral injection regardless of the assigned practice device in this pilot study. While use of a training needle was not shown to be superior at reducing anxiety in novice student operators when compared to a cotton tipped applicator, it may be a useful device for teaching local anesthesia administration techniques. |
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