The psychoemotional state of patients with oral mucosal diseases and the effectiveness of its correction

Abstract

Annotation. The work aims to study the psychoemotional state of patients with oral mucosal diseases and to evaluate the effectiveness of oral pathology treatment combined with psychological disorder management. Evaluation of the psychoemotional state of 48 patients with oral mucosal diseases was carried out using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). The assessment showed subclinical (mild) and clinically expressed (moderate) anxiety, as well as mild and moderate depression in pre-treatment patients. Based on the type of management, patients were divided into the main and comparison groups. The psychoemotional state of the patients of the main group was analyzed, and comprehensive treatment of oral mucosal diseases was administered, enhanced by psychological management. Patients of the comparison group underwent complex treatment of dental diseases with no psychological management. Statistical processing of the research results was carried out using generally accepted methods of variation statistics with the determination of the Student’s t-test and computer programs: “Statistica 6.1”, Microsoft® Excel 2017. Differences between the groups were considered statistically significant at p<0.05. The results of the study suggest that psychoemotional disorders lead to the development of oral mucosal diseases; at the same time, these oral diseases increase anxiety and depression. Hence, the treatment of patients suffering from oral mucosal diseases requires psychological management. After treatment, patients of the main group showed improved psychoemotional state and decreased clinical manifestations of oral mucosal diseases sooner than patients of the comparison group. Positive results of improving the psychoemotional state of patients with dental pathology invite inquiry into further study and improvement of the management strategies.