Effects of Internet and Social Media Platforms on Pretreatment Anxiety and Stress Levels in Patients Scheduled for Periodontal Surgery.
Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the stress levels of patients who watched or did not watch videos about their disease and surgical procedure on social media before periodontal surgery. Methods: A total of 250 patients given a questionnaire before periodontal surgery were included. The patie...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Clinical Psychology Vol. 82; no. 5; pp. 757 - 765 |
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May2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=192872621&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 192872621 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00219762 JLP jtl: Journal of Clinical Psychology issn: 00219762 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: May2026 vid: 82 iid: 5 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell artinfo: ui: 192872621 10.1002/jclp.70103 ppf: 757 ppct: 8 formats: tig: atl: Effects of Internet and Social Media Platforms on Pretreatment Anxiety and Stress Levels in Patients Scheduled for Periodontal Surgery. aug: au: Saraç Atagün, Özlem Özcan, Erkan Özarslantürk, Savaş Ceylan Şen, Seval Çardakci Bahar, Şeyma affil: Department of Periodontology, Gülhane Faculty of Dentistry, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey Department of Radiology, Gülhane Faculty of Dentistry, University of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey su: Social media Anxiety treatment Internet Fear of dentists Patient education Gingiva surgery Physiological stress Surgery sug: subj: Social media Anxiety treatment Internet Fear of dentists Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals Wired Telecommunications Carriers Patient education Gingiva surgery Physiological stress Surgery keyword: anxiety periodontal surgery social media stress level anxiety periodontal surgery social media stress level ab: Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the stress levels of patients who watched or did not watch videos about their disease and surgical procedure on social media before periodontal surgery. Methods: A total of 250 patients given a questionnaire before periodontal surgery were included. The patients were categorized according to whether they watched the video, the type of surgery, whether they were knowledgeable about the disease, and whether they had remaining questions. The Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) scores were measured. Results: Patients who watched informational videos reported significantly higher VAS scores than those who did not. Among viewers, patients who reported increased fear exhibited significantly higher VAS, PSS, BAI, and MDAS scores than both nonviewers and viewers who reported reduced fear. VAS scores were significantly higher for gingivectomy and biopsy procedures compared to flap surgery. PSS scores were also significantly higher for mucogingival surgery and biopsy than for flap surgery. Lack of knowledge about gingival disease was associated with significantly higher PSS scores, and patients with unanswered or partially answered questions showed higher VAS, BAI, and MDAS scores. There were significant positive correlations among all anxiety scales. Conclusions: Patients' stress levels were influenced both by the type of surgical procedure to be performed and by their level of knowledge about the disease; however, watching videos before surgery was found to further increase their stress. To prevent patients from postponing dental treatments, the procedures to be performed should be explained, and it should be emphasized that watching videos on the Internet may cause unnecessary anxiety. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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