Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Social anxiety disorder in genuine halitosis patients | Zaitsu et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9 94 http content 9 1 94 HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES RESEARCH Open Access Social anxiety disorder in genuine halitosis patients Takashi Zaitsu1 Masayuki Ueno1 Kayoko Shinada2 Fredrick A Wright3 and Yoko Kawaguchi1 Abstract Background There is a possibility that genuine halitosis patients anxiety do not recover after oral malodor treatment due to their social anxiety disorder. The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of social anxiety disorder on the level of anxiety in genuine halitosis patients before and after treatment for oral malodor. Methods The subjects were 262 genuine halitosis patients who visited the Fresh Breath Clinic from March 2008 to October 2009. The subjects who had score 2 or higher by the organoleptic test were diagnosed as genuine halitosis patients. Gas chromatography GC was conducted before and after oral malodor treatment for the oral malodor measurement. Based on their risk of social anxiety disorder subjects were divided into low- and high-risk groups using the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale LSAS . The questions related to oral malodor and the clinical oral examination were both conducted before oral malodor treatment. The level of anxiety before and after oral malodor treatment was evaluated using the Visual Analogue Scale of Anxiety VAAS . Results More than 20 of subjects had a score of 60 or more on the LSAS high LSAS group . The mean age and the percentage of females were significantly higher in the high LSAS group compared to the low LSAS group. The high LSAS group was more likely to have problems associated with oral malodor and to adopt measures against oral malodor compared to the low LSAS group. The mean concentrations of H2S and CH3SH by GC significantly decreased after the oral malodor treatment in both LSAS groups. VAAS scores also significantly decreased after treatment in both LSAS groups. The logistic regression analysis indicated
