A comparative study of Psychological analysis during intermaxillary fixation between second and third decade

MC Prasant Pillai, Kapil Lahoti, Pavan D Tenglikar, Aakanksha Sharma * and Shiv Pratap Singh

Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery RKDF dental college and research centre Bhopal.
 
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 13(01), 689–692
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2022.13.1.0058
 
Publication history: 
Received on 12December 2021; revised on 22 January 2022; accepted on 24 January 2022
 
Abstract: 
To access the impact of stress during imf by doing psychological analysis of the two-age group as imf has huge impact on the patient. The purpose of this prospective study was to evaluate levels of depression, anxiety, and stress, at three time points using DASS-21 (Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21). The two age groups were taken mid twenty and mid thirty both groups were managed by intermaxillary fixation. the comparative study of psychological analysis was done by using DASS-21 SCALE, the questionnaires’ were distributed to rate the analysis for depression, anxiety and stress. Scores for depression and stress rose significantly in the first group of mid-twenties compared to mid-thirties. The DASS-21 was a useful method of evaluating stress. Correlation of the results from the two questionnaires showed a strongly positive association.
 
Keywords: 
Intermaxillary fixation; Stress; Psychological analysis; Fracture; Weightloss
 
Full text article in PDF: 
Share this