Roulias, Panagiotis; Vasoglou, Georgios; Angelopoulos, Gerassimos; Pandis, Nikolaos; Sifakakis, Iosif (2024). Effect of aligners on patients' oral health-related quality of life and anxiety: a prospective pilot study. BMC Psychology, 12(346) BioMed Central 10.1186/s40359-024-01834-2
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BACKGROUND
This prospective study explored the impact of aligners on the oral health-related quality of life and anxiety of patients during the first month of orthodontic treatment and the first month of the retention phase.
METHODS
A total of 23 male and female patients (median age 25 y) treated with clear aligners were included. The OHRQoL questionnaire was used at certain time points during treatment (T1: placement of the first aligner; T2: after one day of use; T3: after seven days; T4: after one month; and T5: after one month in the retention phase). The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) was also self-administered to assess state and trait anxiety (Y1 and Y2 subscales, respectively) at the T1, T4 and T5 time points. A population average generalized estimating equations logistic regression model was fit to assess the effect of time on the responses, and the Wald test was used to examine the overall effect of time.
RESULTS
Overall time was a significant predictor for most of the questions. However, time was marginally significant for the OHRQoL questions evaluating oral symptoms such as bad taste/smell, sores, and food accumulation. Tooth discolouration did not differ between time points. The general activity disturbance was significantly lower in the retention phase. Higher depression and anxiety scores were reported at the initial appointment and decreased thereafter.
CONCLUSIONS
CAT has a negative impact on quality of life and psychological status during the initial days of treatment. These impairments ameliorate at later treatment stages.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Orthodontics |
UniBE Contributor: |
Pandis, Nikolaos |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
2050-7283 |
Publisher: |
BioMed Central |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
13 Jun 2024 14:18 |
Last Modified: |
13 Jun 2024 14:28 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1186/s40359-024-01834-2 |
PubMed ID: |
38867321 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Aligner Anxiety Oral health related quality of life Orthodontic Questionnaire |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/197802 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/197802 |
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