Pain and Avoidance during and after Endodontic Therapy: The Role of Pain Anticipation and Self-Efficacy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedure
2.3. Measures
2.3.1. Pain Intensity during and after Endodontic Treatment
2.3.2. Pain Anticipation
2.3.3. Self-Efficacy
2.3.4. Avoidance during and after Endodontic Treatment
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Means, Standard Deviations and Pearson Correlations between Study Variables
3.2. Evolution of Pain Intensity
3.3. Influence of Pain Anticipation and Self-Efficacy on Pain Perception/Intensity during and after Endodontic Treatment
3.4. Influence of Pain Anticipation and Self-Efficacy on Avoidance during and after Endodontic Treatment
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Mean (SD) | 2. Pain after Treatment | 3. Avoidance during Treatment | 4. Avoidance after Treatment | 5. Pain Anticipation | 6. Self-Efficacy | |
1. Pain during treatment | 2.19 (2.30) | 0.903 ** | 0.321 ** | 0.355 ** | 0.530 ** | −0.093 |
2. Pain after treatment | 1.87 (2.16) | 0.372 ** | 0.393 ** | 0.436 ** | −0.029 | |
3. Avoidance during treatment | 5.08 (3.42) | 0.869 ** | 0.283 ** | 0.082 | ||
4. Avoidance after treatment | 4.75 (3.53) | 0.386 ** | 0.092 | |||
5. Pain anticipation | 4.11 (2.40) | −0.138 | ||||
6. Self-efficacy | 32 (6.86) |
R2 | F | Beta | t | p | 95% CI | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DV = Pain during treatment | 0.28 | 12.43 *** | ||||
Pain anticipation | 0.51 | 5.82 | <0.001 | 0.34, 0.69 | ||
Self-efficacy | <0.001 | −0.04 | 0.970 | −0.07, 0.07 | ||
Interaction | 0.006 | 0.33 | 0.745 | −0.03, 0.04 | ||
DV = Pain after treatment | 0.19 | 7.60 *** | ||||
Pain anticipation | 0.38 | 4.35 | <0.001 | 0.21, 0.55 | ||
Self-efficacy | <0.001 | 0.004 | 0.996 | −0.07, 0.07 | ||
Interaction | −0.01 | −0.53 | 0.596 | −0.05, 0.03 |
R2 | F | Beta | t | p | 95% CI | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DV = Avoidance during treatment | 0.14 | 4.96 ** | ||||
Anticipation of pain | 0.51 | 3.60 | <0.001 | 0.23, 0.80 | ||
Self-efficacy | 0.12 | 2.19 | 0.030 | 0.01, 0.23 | ||
Interaction | 0.07 | 2.11 | 0.037 | 0.004, 0.129 | ||
DV = Avoidance after treatment | 0.17 | 6.64 *** | ||||
Anticipation of pain | 0.62 | 4.29 | <0.001 | 0.33, 0.91 | ||
Self-efficacy | 0.093 | 1.65 | 0.100 | −0.01, 0.21 | ||
Interaction | 0.02 | 0.63 | 0.531 | −0.04, 0.08 |
Self-Efficacy | Beta (Anticipation of Pain) | t | p | 95% CI |
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−4.06 | 0.243 | 1.512 | 0.133 | −0.08, 0.56 |
−1.06 | 0.445 | 3.248 | 0.002 | 0.17, 0.72 |
4.93 | 0.847 | 3.503 | <0.001 *** | 0.37, 1.33 |
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Santos-Puerta, N.; Peñacoba-Puente, C. Pain and Avoidance during and after Endodontic Therapy: The Role of Pain Anticipation and Self-Efficacy. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 1399. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031399
Santos-Puerta N, Peñacoba-Puente C. Pain and Avoidance during and after Endodontic Therapy: The Role of Pain Anticipation and Self-Efficacy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(3):1399. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031399
Chicago/Turabian StyleSantos-Puerta, Noelia, and Cecilia Peñacoba-Puente. 2022. "Pain and Avoidance during and after Endodontic Therapy: The Role of Pain Anticipation and Self-Efficacy" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 3: 1399. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031399
APA StyleSantos-Puerta, N., & Peñacoba-Puente, C. (2022). Pain and Avoidance during and after Endodontic Therapy: The Role of Pain Anticipation and Self-Efficacy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), 1399. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031399