“…Dentists Anxieties in Clinical Situation Scale (DACSS) -A pool of 30 items was generated based on the stressors revealed by previous research. eg 4,6,7,36 The subjective importance of the stressors to dentists, as revealed by a previous study, 7 influenced the final choice of 20 items for inclusion, which was made by the 3 researchers in committee. For each of the 20 items, dentists were asked to rate their anxiety on an 11 point Likert scale anchored 0 (not at all) & 10 (the most intense emotion you can experience).…”