Development of patient simulation system: Investigation of discomfort part II

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the recognition of dentist to burden of patients during dental treatment to realize the panhuman medical therapy, which is considered the various burdens for the patients. Methods: 34 doctors agreed to these contents of research were requested to describe this questionnaire. This questionnaire is consisted that they judge 6 steps of 0 to 5 for the 4 aspects of “stress”, “fear”, “discomfort” and “distress” that they have ever experienced “30 items of discomfort” over their dental treatment. In addition, those result data were compared to same research, which have done as to 1446 of out patients of this hospital. Results: It has been cleared statistically that the respondents viewed as the items of treatment environment, which they suffered the item of “noise of turbine” is actually “stress” and “not consecution in the instruction”, regarding attitudes of dentist are “fear”. Regarding the procedures of treatment as “water collects in the mouth” are “discomfort” and physical affections as “open mouth for a long time” are “distress”. The dentists who have little experience were not clear of distinguish “discomfort” from “distress”, moreover it have been closed to the result of actual patients as examinees. In addition, it has been cleared statistically that the patient's distress and stress are not so much higher than dentist's impression in the actual patients regarding the 6 items as “It overpowers the attitude”. Conclusion: The dentist should recognize the discomfort during their own therapy as a patient is essential for the realization of panhuman medial treatment. Therefore, development of this simulator which is able to feed back the discomfort of patient objectively to the operator, which based on this conclusion, is a kind of gold standard. (This study depends upon the grant by MEXT.)