Dentist Empathic Accuracy Is Associated With Patient-Reported Reassurance.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this work was to determine dentists' ability to accurately estimate patients' anxiety level during dental treatment (ie, "empathic accuracy") and to determine the strength of the association between empathic accuracy and patient-reported reassurance.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted amongst 177 adult patients who underwent different invasive dental procedures (ie, extractions or procedures requiring injections and drilling) performed by 10 different dentists from 3 dental offices in the Netherlands. Patients reported their anxiety level during treatment and the extent to which they felt reassured by the dentist using a visual analogue scale (VAS). Simultaneously, the dentists estimated patients' anxiety level. Empathic accuracy was calculat

SUBMITTER: Steenen SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9875228 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature