The Dental Fear Survey Schedule: a study with Finnish children
| Autor: | A. Honkanen, Peter Milgrom, I. Alvesalo, K. M. Tay, M. Karjalainen, Heikki Murtomaa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Varimax rotation Dental fear Manifest Anxiety Scale 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal consistency Dental Anxiety Prevalence medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Child General Dentistry Finland Analysis of Variance DMF Index business.industry Reproducibility of Results 030206 dentistry medicine.disease Schedule (workplace) Scale (social sciences) Female Analysis of variance Factor Analysis Statistical Choking business Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0960-7439 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-263x.1993.tb00083.x |
| Popis: | The reliability and validity of the Dental Fear Survey Schedule for Children (DFSS-C) was examined in a sample of 828 school children in Finland. The DFSS-C mean was 22.1. Choking, injections and drilling were the most common fears. Internal consistency indicated a high level of reliability. Factor analysis (principal components, varimax rotation) found three factors accounting for 54% of the scale variance. Factors were defined as (1) fear of highly invasive procedures, such as injections and drilling; (2) fear of potential victimization, including fear of strangers, choking and hospitals; and (3) fear of less invasive procedures, such as opening the mouth and being examined by the dentist. The factor pattern was similar to results obtained with a sample of children in the United States. There were significant differences in fear score for children whose parents reported them fearful and/or reported them to have had a previous bad experience at the dentist. Boys (but not girls) who had a DMFT score of at least 1 had a significantly higher mean DFSS-C score (21.1) than those who were caries free (20.0). These data suggest the DFSS-C operates in Finland as it does in the United States, but that culture-specific minimal scores for determining high dental fear are needed. |
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