Comparación entre musicoterapia y distracción audiovisual para manejo de control de ansiedad en pacientes Odontopediatricos, UCSG B-2017

Abstract

Introduction: Anxiety develops stress during dental visits, mainly in pediatric patients that alter their behavior, and can be reduced with appropriate behavior management techniques. Objective: To compare the influence of music therapy and audiovisual distraction in the management and control of anxiety during dental treatments performed in pediatric patients who come to the Pediatric Dentistry Clinic of the UCSG Dentistry Career. Materials and methods: Transversal research, analytical and descriptive study, carried out in the pediatric dentistry clinic of the UCSG, from a universe of 510 patients, a sample of 104 patients was selected at random, of both sexes and in ages between 3 and 11 years, the evaluation of the pulse was measured with pulse oximeter before, during and after the treatment and the level of anxiety with the Venham drawing test using distraction techniques. Results: The highest anxiety behavior was the treatment of exodontia with a percentage of 75% and with a higher prevalence in the female gender, the most effective technique to control anxiety was audiovisual distraction with 84%. Discussion: According to Mikala and Col in 2011, it was found that patients who use "video lenses" have a better behavior compared to the different treatments performed during the visit to the dentist. In the study it was observed that the main one contributed to modify the behavior of the pediatric patients to a level of anxiety for the technique by audiovisual distraction with 84%, being much more effective than the music therapy technique. Conclusion: It was demonstrated that the communicative technique that was most effective was the audiovisual distraction that decreased the anxiety and fear during the dental treatment.