Self-care tendencies and their pain-relieving effects in patients with endodontic pain: a descriptive survey
OBJECTIVE: This paper aims to search for sociodemographic/ dental models predicting the self-care orientations in endodontic patients and to explore the effectiveness of the applied methods in relieving pain. MATERIALS AND METHOD: Patients with a history of endodontic pain presenting at the endodon...
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| author | Hande Bengü Mügem Gürel Ekici Ozlem Ilk Güven Kayaoğlu |
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| description | OBJECTIVE: This paper aims to search for sociodemographic/ dental models predicting the self-care orientations in endodontic patients and to explore the effectiveness of the applied methods in relieving pain.
MATERIALS AND METHOD: Patients with a history of endodontic pain presenting at the endodontic clinic of Gazi University were subjected to a survey. Their sociodemographic and clinical data were obtained. They were asked to select from a structured list whether they had used any self- or
formal care methods. Pain relief was measured using a 5-point standard Likert scale. Statistical analyses were done using multivariate logistic regression, Wilcoxon and Kruskal-Wallis tests, and Benjamini-Hochberg correction.
RESULTS: Among 356 patients, 90% applied self-care alone or in combination with formal care. Maximum pain level, age, and pattern of dental clinic attendance were the variables that predicted orientations to various subcategories of self-care behaviors, with the first two variables remaining statistically or marginally significant in all tested conditions (P < .05 or < .10). Among the home remedies, drinking or local application of alcohol
and intraoral cold treatment by the patient provided significantly greater pain relief than the others (P = .001). Medication under the guidance of a professional was more effective than self-medication (P < .001; except for NSAIDs, which were similarly effective in both cases).
CONCLUSION: Before applying to the dental school hospital, most of the patients used various self-care methods for relieving toothache. Maximum pain and age were the common covariates of various self-care orientations. Overall, formal care relieved pain better than self-care. Home remedies generally displayed little effectiveness. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-158c388888ea48e8b4e20dd35c69fa4d2025-01-20T12:32:18ZengGazi UniversityActa Odontologica Turcica2147-690X2025-01-0142111210.17214/gaziaot.1454105Self-care tendencies and their pain-relieving effects in patients with endodontic pain: a descriptive surveyHande Bengü 0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6820-3010Mügem Gürel Ekici 1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0694-2141Ozlem Ilk2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4179-0534Güven Kayaoğlu3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6562-6034Gazi UniversityGazi UniversityMiddle East Technical UniversityGazi UniversityOBJECTIVE: This paper aims to search for sociodemographic/ dental models predicting the self-care orientations in endodontic patients and to explore the effectiveness of the applied methods in relieving pain. MATERIALS AND METHOD: Patients with a history of endodontic pain presenting at the endodontic clinic of Gazi University were subjected to a survey. Their sociodemographic and clinical data were obtained. They were asked to select from a structured list whether they had used any self- or formal care methods. Pain relief was measured using a 5-point standard Likert scale. Statistical analyses were done using multivariate logistic regression, Wilcoxon and Kruskal-Wallis tests, and Benjamini-Hochberg correction. RESULTS: Among 356 patients, 90% applied self-care alone or in combination with formal care. Maximum pain level, age, and pattern of dental clinic attendance were the variables that predicted orientations to various subcategories of self-care behaviors, with the first two variables remaining statistically or marginally significant in all tested conditions (P < .05 or < .10). Among the home remedies, drinking or local application of alcohol and intraoral cold treatment by the patient provided significantly greater pain relief than the others (P = .001). Medication under the guidance of a professional was more effective than self-medication (P < .001; except for NSAIDs, which were similarly effective in both cases). CONCLUSION: Before applying to the dental school hospital, most of the patients used various self-care methods for relieving toothache. Maximum pain and age were the common covariates of various self-care orientations. Overall, formal care relieved pain better than self-care. Home remedies generally displayed little effectiveness.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/gaziaot/issue/89830/1454105drug misuseendodonticshome treatmentpublic healthtoothachetraditional medicine |
| spellingShingle | Hande Bengü Mügem Gürel Ekici Ozlem Ilk Güven Kayaoğlu Self-care tendencies and their pain-relieving effects in patients with endodontic pain: a descriptive survey Acta Odontologica Turcica drug misuse endodontics home treatment public health toothache traditional medicine |
| title | Self-care tendencies and their pain-relieving effects in patients with endodontic pain: a descriptive survey |
| title_full | Self-care tendencies and their pain-relieving effects in patients with endodontic pain: a descriptive survey |
| title_fullStr | Self-care tendencies and their pain-relieving effects in patients with endodontic pain: a descriptive survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-care tendencies and their pain-relieving effects in patients with endodontic pain: a descriptive survey |
| title_short | Self-care tendencies and their pain-relieving effects in patients with endodontic pain: a descriptive survey |
| title_sort | self care tendencies and their pain relieving effects in patients with endodontic pain a descriptive survey |
| topic | drug misuse endodontics home treatment public health toothache traditional medicine |
| url | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/gaziaot/issue/89830/1454105 |
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