Dental Anxiety: Prevalence and Evaluation of Psychometric Properties of a Scale

Campos, Juliana Álvares Duarte Bonini; Presoto, Cristina Dupim; Martins, Carolina Scanavez; Domingos, Patrícia Aleixo dos Santos; Marôco, João

doi:10.5964/pch.v2i1.18

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“…Results of this study showed a prevalence of 2.5% for extremely anxious individuals, considerably divergent from the results of 12.3% reported by Campos et al (2). …”

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confidence: 99%

“…In this study, 52.5% of the sample consisted of low-anxiety individuals, a result similar to that of Campos et al (2) who reported a prevalence of 47.6%. Results of this study showed a prevalence of 2.5% for extremely anxious individuals, considerably divergent from the results of 12.3% reported by Campos et al (2).…”

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confidence: 90%

“…However, Campos et al (2) did not find a significant association between anxiety and gender, but did corroborate that age did not influence anxiety levels.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Dental anxiety, a feeling of anxiety or fear at the prospect of dental treatment, is recognized as one of the greatest challenges to professional care (1). A Brazilian study (2) that assessed the prevalence of anxiety during dental treatment using the Dental Anxiety Scale (3) found that 92.4% of subjects had some degree of anxiety. Sedation reduces anxiety, irritability, or agitation through the administration of sedatives to facilitate planned dental procedures.…”

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Effects of passiflora incarnata and midazolam for control of anxiety in patients undergoing dental extraction

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BackgroundAnxiety symptoms are frequently observed in dental patients, whether they are undergoing simple or more invasive procedures such as surgery. This research aimed to compare the effects of Passiflora incarnata and midazolam for the control of anxiety in patients undergoing mandibular third molar extraction.Material and MethodsForty volunteers underwent bilateral extraction of their mandibular third molars in a randomized, controlled, double-blind, crossover clinical trial. Passiflora incarnata (260 mg) or midazolam (15 mg) were orally administered 30 minutes before surgery. The anxiety level of participants was evaluated by questionnaires and measurement of physical parameters, including heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP), and oxygen saturation (SpO2).ResultsConsidering each procedure independently, there were no significant differences between the protocols in BP, HR, and SpO2. Over 70% of the volunteers responded that they felt quiet or a little anxious under both protocols. With midazolam, 20% of the participants reported amnesia (not remembering anything at all), while Passiflora showed little or no ability to interfere with memory formation.ConclusionsPassiflora incarnata showed an anxiolytic effect similar to midazolam, and was safe and effective for conscious sedation in adult patients who underwent extraction of their mandibular third molars. Key words:Passiflora incarnata, midazolam, anxiety, oral surgery.

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“…Results of this study showed a prevalence of 2.5% for extremely anxious individuals, considerably divergent from the results of 12.3% reported by Campos et al (2). …”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

“…However, Campos et al (2) did not find a significant association between anxiety and gender, but did corroborate that age did not influence anxiety levels.…”

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confidence: 91%

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Effects of passiflora incarnata and midazolam for control of anxiety in patients undergoing dental extraction

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“…Furthermore, anxiety can occur and has been measured in a variety of settings (e.g. at the dentist; Campos, Presoto, Martins, Domingos, & Maroco, 2013).…”

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Establishment of a reliable change index for the GAD-7

Bischoff

Anderson

Heafner

et al. 2020

Psychol. Community Health

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Aim It is increasingly important for mental healthcare providers and researchers to reliably assess client change, particularly with common presenting problems such as anxiety. The current study addresses this need by establishing a Reliable Change Index of 6 points for the GAD-7. Method Sample size included 116 online community participants using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) and archival data for 332 clinical participants. Participants completed measures of the GAD-7 and the MDI in 2 rounds. Using previously established cutoff scores and Jacobson and Truax’s (1991) method, we establish a Reliable Change Index which, when applied to 2 administrations of the GAD-7, indicates if a client has experienced meaningful change. Results For the GAD-7, the mean score for the clinical sample was 10.57. For the community sample at Time 1, the mean score was 4.14. A Pearson’s correlation was computed to assess the 14-28-day test-retest reliability of the GAD-7, r(110) = .87, indicating good test-retest reliability. Conclusion Using the RCI equation, this resulted in an RCI of 5.59. For practical use the RCI would be rounded to 6.

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Evaluation of psychometric properties of the Dental Anxiety Inventory (DAI‐36) questionnaire using iterative hybrid ordinal logistic: Differential item functioning (DIF)

Roustaei

Allahyari

2023

Brain and Behavior

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ObjectivesDental Anxiety Inventory (DAI‐36) questionnaire is an instrument for assessing dental anxiety. The different perceptions of the questionnaire items in the individual at the same level of underlying dental anxiety may lead to different reported dental anxieties. This study aims to determine the differential item functioning (DIF) of the DAI‐36 measure items.MethodsThe DAI‐36 was completed by 950 participants. An iterative hybrid ordinal logistic regression model was used to detect DIF across gender, education, and age groups. DIF analysis was done by lordif package in R3.1.3 software.ResultsThe chi‐square statistics declared 7, 7, and 4 nonuniform DIF items, and 2, 5, and 4 uniform DIF items across gender, education, and age groups, respectively. ΔR2 was always lower than 0.07 in all uniform and nonuniform DIF items. However, Δβ1 revealed significant uniform DIF in items 1 and 8 across gender (Δβ1(item 1) = 0.0137, Δβ1(item 8) = 0.0124) and items 22 and 27 across age categories (Δβ1(item 22) = 0.0110, Δβ1(item 27) = 0.0136).ConclusionsDIF items had no large magnitude or cancel out each other, so statements phrased in the DAI‐36 questionnaire have equivalent meaning across participants, regardless of their gender, education, and age groups.

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Dental Anxiety: Prevalence and Evaluation of Psychometric Properties of a Scale

Cited by 10 publications

References 22 publications

Effects of passiflora incarnata and midazolam for control of anxiety in patients undergoing dental extraction

Effects of passiflora incarnata and midazolam for control of anxiety in patients undergoing dental extraction

Establishment of a reliable change index for the GAD-7

Evaluation of psychometric properties of the Dental Anxiety Inventory (DAI‐36) questionnaire using iterative hybrid ordinal logistic: Differential item functioning (DIF)

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