Development of a Dental Anxiety Scale

Corah, Norman L.

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“…In Q2, the four-item Corah’s DAS was used to assess DA [3]. The English version of DAS was translated/back-translated into Russian/English by two bilingual individuals independently, and the conceptual and functional equivalence of the instrument was verified by colleagues at the NSMU.…”

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“…Several psychometric tests have been developed to differentiate people with and without DA. Along with single-item questions, Corah’s Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) [3], the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) [4], and Kleinknecht’s Dental Fear Survey [5] are the most commonly used tools in epidemiological studies to measure DA in adults [6,7], although none of the existing instruments are regarded as a gold standard [6]. The prevalence of high DA varies from 2% to 30% worldwide depending on the study population, the methods applied, and the cut-off scores used [1,8].…”

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Prevalence of and factors associated with dental anxiety among medical and dental students of the Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk, North-West Russia

Drachev

Brenn

Trovik

2018

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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The objective was to assess the prevalence of and factors associated with dental anxiety (DA) in medical and dental students in North-West Russia. This cross-sectional study included 422 medical and 285 dental undergraduate Russian students aged 18–25 years from the Northern State Medical University in Arkhangelsk. Corah’s Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) was applied to measure DA. Information on socio-demographic and socioeconomic factors, oral health behaviour and general and oral health was obtained from a structured, self-administered questionnaire. A clinical examination was performed to assess caries experience, Simplified Oral Hygiene Index, and Gingival Index. DAS score ≥13 was found in 13.7% and 2.2% of medical and dental students, respectively. Female sex (incidence rate ratio [IRR] = 1.11, p = 0.013), lower education of mother (IRR = 1.13, p = 0.001), and poor self-assessed oral health (IRR = 1.15, p < 0.001) were associated with DA in medical students. Corresponding factors in dental students were female sex (IRR = 1.16, p = 0.001), irregular dental visits (IRR = 1.19, p = 0.001), infrequent tooth-brushing (IRR = 1.17, p = 0.007), pain in mouth (IRR = 1.09, p = 0.031) and number of missing teeth (IRR = 1.13, p = 0.007). The prevalence of high DA was lower in dental students than in medical students. DA was associated with sex, mother’s education, poor oral health behaviour and self-assessed and clinically assessed oral health.

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Prevalence of and factors associated with dental anxiety among medical and dental students of the Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk, North-West Russia

Drachev

Brenn

Trovik

2018

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

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“…This measure is similar to Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale, 8 but includes an extra question about a local anaesthetic injection, as well as a simplified and consistent answering scheme across all questions. There are five responses to each question which range from 'not anxious' (scoring 1) to 'extremely anxious' (scoring 5).…”

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Does completing a dental anxiety questionnaire increase anxiety? A randomised controlled trial with adults in general dental practice

2006

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“…Dental anxiety was evaluated by the Portuguese version of Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS), 14 validated by Hu et al 15 The scale contains four multiple-choice items regarding the patient's subjective reactions about going to the dentist, waiting in the dentist's offi ce for the procedure, and anticipation of drilling and scaling. Each item is scored on a 1 to 5 scale, ranging from calm (score 1) to terrifi ed (score 5).…”

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