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