Effect of pre-appointment inquiries on dental patients' post-appointment ratings of pain.
In order to test the possibility that an investigator's inquiries about dental patients' anxiety and expectations of pain will enhance their subsequent discomfort, two groups of 51 patients were asked after their appointment about the amount of pain they had experienced, but only one group was interviewed beforehand. No difference between these groups was found.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001288:Attention; D003729:Dental Care / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*