title: [The influence of individual nursing care on extraction of teeth for old outpatients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the impact of individual nursing care on aged patients who underwent tooth extraction in outpatient clinic.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred aged patients who required tooth extraction were allocated into the experimental group (with individual nursing care before extraction) or the control group (blank control). The level of patients' anxiety was evaluated by HAMA scale before and after extraction. The pain state was evaluated by VRS scale after extraction. The date was analyzed for student's t test and ANONA by SPSS 16.0 software package.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both the anxious score and VRS score after extraction in the experimental group were significantly lower than that of the control group (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  For aged patients who underwent tooth extraction, individual nursing care can alleviate the level of their anxiety, which is helpful to improve their reliance and reduce complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Stomatology, Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Shanghai, 200233; China.E-mail:dybd137601@163.com.
authors.forename: Ling-yi
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Mei-rong
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: De-rong
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ruan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety; D006801:Humans; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010045:Outpatients; D014081:Tooth Extraction