Measuring dental anxiety in children with complex and additional. Modified dental anxiety scale university of st andrews. Dental anxiety in children is a major barrier in patient management. The modified dental anxiety scale is a brief, selfcompleted questionnaire used to screen for the dental anxiety of patients using five questions. Dental anxiety among young adolescent patients in israel. An external file that holds a picture, illustration, etc.
Arabic, arabic modified dental anxiety scale word, 34 kb. The sfp proved to be a reliable and valid measure for children from six years old. The scale consists of 14 items, each defined by a series of symptoms, and measures both psychic anxiety mental. Please rank your concerns or anxiety on the accompanying scale. Describes a computerised dental anxiety scale for children called the smiley faces program sfp. A dental anxiety scale for children british dental journal.
Of 144 children, just before dental screening visit, 78 54. A score of 3 for items 2, 11, 17, 36 may indicate significant school avoidance. My child has been told by a sibling or other family member about a poor dental my child can have cleanings. Cdas 7, modified child dental anxiety scale mcdas 8, and childrens fear survey schedule dental subscale cfssds 9. A parent usually the mother was asked to complete the child fear survey schedule dental subscale cfssds klingberg.
This longitudinal study focused on 416 brazilian children aged 57. Screen for child anxiety related disorders scared child. Bengali, bengali modified dental anxiety scale pdf, 104 kb. Dental fear and anxiety in children and adolescents. For children ages 8 to 11, it is recommended that the clinician explain all questions, or have the child answer the questionnaire sitting with an adult in case they have any. Exclusion criteria editorials, case reports and retrospective studies were excluded. A protocol for child anxiety assessment was introduced to paediatric dentists in eastman dental hospital. Fear of and anxiety towards going to dentists ie, dental fear and anxiety, dfa are major problems for a sizeable proportion of children and adolescents. Consequences of medicaldental phobias 1 dental phobias a. Preliminary validation and reliability of the modified child dental anxiety scale. An introduction to assessing dental fear and anxiety in children.
Bds student, saveetha dental college and hospitals, chennai. A score of 8 for items 3, 10, 26, 32, 39, 40, 41 may indicate social anxiety disorder. Preliminary validation and reliability of the modified child dental. Use of an animated emoji scale as a novel tool for anxiety. To assess the development of high dental anxiety and the factors that are associated with it over a 2year period. Reliability and validity of the modified dental anxiety scale. Child dental anxiety scale faces mcdasf, which has been shown to be a reliable and valid indicator of child dental anxiety among children with no additional support needs howard and freeman, 2007. Rashidah esa, noratikah awang hashim, yuliana ayob and zamros yuzadi mohd yusof, psychometric properties of the faces version of the malaymodified child dental anxiety scale, bmc oral health, 10. The prevalence of dfa in children and adolescents ranges from 520% in various countries, with some cases being considered to be dental phobia severe dfa 1 3.
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