Mediating Role of Psychological Resilience on Illness Perception in Dental Patients
AbstractAim: The study aimed to explore how dental patients perceived illness and assessed the influence of psychological resilience on illness perception during dental treatment. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out with 360 dental patients. Data were collected by a questionnaire regarding Illness Perception Revised for Oral Health (IPQ-R-OH), Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), self-reported oral health status (good vs poor), levels of dental pain (absent vs present) and dental anxiety (0 point: No anxiety-10 points: Severity). General health status (0: poor health-100 points: excellent health) were assessed by visual analogue scale. Results: All IPQ-R-OH subscale scores were adversely affected in the presence of “poor oral health and dental pain” (p
Authors
- Ümit Karaçaylı (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9588-8898)
- Pınar Kılıç Aksu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8040-2151)
- Farida Fortune (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5930-1973)
- Şükrü Can Akmansoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9542-9018)
- Meral Yay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1857-8719)
- Berceste Polat Akmansoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2330-7745)
- Doç.Dr. Gonca Mumcu
- Nur Şişman Kitapçı
- Yasemin Özkan
- Aysel Kurt
Institutions
- Üsküdar University (TR)
- Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi (TR)
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- University of Health Sciences (SO)
- Marmara University (TR)
- Okan University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Health Management and Tourism
- Published
- 2026-03-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.31201/ijhmt.1829551
- Primary Topic
- Dental Health and Care Utilization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00