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June 11, 2026Dental HypothesesOpen Access

The Relationship between State Anxiety Scale and Physiological Stress Markers before Dental Procedures: A Cross-sectional Analytical Study of Blood Pressure, Pulse Rate, Oxygen Saturation, and Salivary Amylase Activity

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YOYasunobu OikeNTNorito TakamuraKOKenji Ogata

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Overview

Cross-sectional analysis examines anxiety's effect on stress markers in patients prior to dental treatment, suggesting predictive value of anxiety assessments.

Key Points

  • This research aims to evaluate the state anxiety scale as a predictor of physiological stress markers before dental procedures.
  • Cross-sectional analytical study assessing anxiety levels using the state anxiety scale.
  • Vital signs including blood pressure, pulse rate, and oxygen saturation were measured at 2-minute intervals before procedures.
  • Salivary amylase activity was measured at 4-minute intervals prior to dental treatments.
  • Weak correlations were found between the state anxiety scale and blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and salivary amylase activity.
  • Pulse rate correlated significantly with state anxiety scale before scaling (r=0.26, P<0.05) and extraction (r=0.33, P<0.01).
  • Diastolic blood pressure showed a positive significant correlation with anxiety before extraction (r=0.27, P<0.01).

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Oike et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2a517c80c8f91e7f39db98https://doi.org/10.4103/denthyp.denthyp_56_24
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