Effect of Heartfulness Meditation on Anxiety and Perceived Pain in Patients Undergoing Impacted Third Molar Surgery.
Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery April 29, 2021 Prashanthi Gurram, V. Narayanan, S. Chandran et al.
PURPOSE Oral-maxillofacial surgical procedures like Impacted third molar surgery (ITMS) may lead to increased perioperative anxiety and pain perception in patients. Psychological interventions like meditation have been shown to decrease acute anxiety levels in individuals. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of heartfulness (HFN) meditation during ITMS. We hypothesized that...