Self-reported causes for referral to dental treatment under general anaesthesia (DGA): a cross-sectional survey
| Autor: | T. Kankaala, Vuokko Anttonen, H. Taskinen, M.-L. Laitala, P. Rajavaara, Paula Pesonen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Dental Instruments medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Visual Analog Scale Referral Cross-sectional study Visual analogue scale Anesthesia Dental Pain Dentistry Dental fear Anesthesia General Young Adult Sex Factors stomatognathic system Dental Anxiety medicine Humans Dentistry (miscellaneous) General anaesthesia Young adult Child Dental Care Referral and Consultation Aged Dentist-Patient Relations business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Dental instruments Root Canal Therapy stomatognathic diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Child Preschool Family medicine Tooth Extraction Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Anxiety Female Self Report medicine.symptom business Attitude to Health |
| Zdroj: | European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry. 15:105-112 |
| ISSN: | 1996-9805 1818-6300 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s40368-013-0071-2 |
| Popis: | To determine causes leading to dental care under general anaesthesia (DGA) in public health care reported by the patients or the parents/caregivers. All the patients referred to DGA at the Municipal Health Centre, Oulu, Finland, during 10 months were invited to participate in the present cross-sectional survey. They were sent a questionnaire on indications for referral to DGA, dental fear, possible reasons for it as well as prior treatment of dental fear. For measuring overall dental fear, the modified Corah dental anxiety scale (MCDAS) and visual analogue scale (VAS) forms were also included in the questionnaire. The most common self-reported indication for referral to DGA was dental fear (63.9 %). For children and adolescents ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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