3.3 | Comparison of Pain, anxiety, and quality of
life scores before/during/after surgery
Pain before and during surgical intervention was not statistically
different (p=0,200).
VAS score after nail surgery was statistically significantly lower
compared to preoperative and during the surgical procedure (p = 0.021 p
<0.001). STAI-S score after nail surgery was found to be
statistically significantly higher than preoperative STAI-S score (p =
0.003) (Table 2).
The results of the Skindex-16 scale applied to evaluate how the ingrown
nail requiring surgery affect the quality of life are summarized in
Table 3.
The preoperative VAS score was statistically significantly negatively
correlated with the preoperative STAI-S scale (p = 0.048). The VAS score
during surgery revealed a positive statistically significant
relationship with the postoperative VAS score (p <0.001). The
evaluation of the correlation between the scales is shown in Table 4.
VAS score(before-during and after) did not differ significantly
regarding age, sex, education level and socioeconomic situation of the
patients.
The mean preoperative STAI-S score of male gender was statistically
significantly higher than the female gender (p = 0.021). There was a
statistically significant difference in STAI-T scores before surgery in
accordance to age (p = 0.001), the mean preoperative STAI-T score
between 31-50 years was statistically significantly higher than the
other age groups (p = 0.002 p = 0.006 p = 0.009) (Tablo 5). The
preoperative STAI-S scores of those who had undergone dermatological
surgery were statistically significantly lower than those who did not
have a history of previous dermatological surgery (p = 0.015). The
preoperative STAI-S scores of patients who had previous nail surgery
were statistically significantly lower than those without previous nail
surgery (p = 0.018). Source of information about the surgical process
(internet/social media/video) did not affect the anxiety level of nail
surgery (Table 6).
The mean waiting time for the nail surgical appointment in patients with
ingrown nails was 127.87±85.26 hours. There was a weak correlation
between the waiting time of the patients and their mean STAI-S and
STAI-T scores (r=0.208 p=0.157 and r=0.256 p=0.079). The mean waiting
time of females was 109.94±56.63 and males was 139.23±98.46 hours. Also,
there was no weak correlation between the waiting time of females and
males and their STAI-S and STAI-T scores. (r=0,325 p=0,188 and r=0,162
and p=0,391).
In the sociodemographic characteristics of the patients, a statistically
significant difference was found only in the age groups in functional
Skindex-16 levels (p = 0.026). The functional Skindex-16 levels of the
31-50 years age group were statistically significantly higher than that
of the patients above 20 years of age (p = 0.036) (Table 7).