Reliability and clinical usefulness of psychometric measures in a self‐referred population of odontophobics

Moore, Rod; Berggren, Ulf; Carlsson, Sven

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1991.tb00185.x

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“…Therapy investigations and new treatment programmes based on cognitive behavioural approaches which target negative cognition may prove of particular benefi t in helping individuals to overcome this debilitating anxiety and successfully receive dental care. 13 …”

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Dental anxiety and trait anxiety: an investigation of their relationship

Fuentes

Gorenstein

2009

Br Dent J

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“…12,13 This study was designed to examine the relationship between dental anxiety and trait anxiety in a large sample of general population.…”

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Dental anxiety and trait anxiety: an investigation of their relationship

Fuentes

Gorenstein

2009

Br Dent J

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“…Moreover, the internal consistency, reproducibility and the concurrent validity of the scale were also evaluated (Moore, Berggren, & Carlsson, 1991) in a Danish sample with 155 subjects, who presented an exaggerated fear of dentists. For the Turkish version of the scale the internal consistency, reproducibility and the concurrent validity were assessed, but the construct validity was not estimated (Tunc, Firat, Onur, & Sar, 2005).…”

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

Campos¹,

Presoto²,

Martins³

et al. 2013

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Aim: To estimate the reliability and validity of the Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) and identify the prevalence and the effect of the socio-demographic characteristics of dental anxiety, in a sample of 212 adults. Methods: The psychometric sensitivity of the scale was assessed. A confirmatory factor analysis was performed, and the convergent validity and internal consistency were determined. The prevalence of anxiety was estimated, and the effect of socio-demographic variables on anxiety was assessed using structural equation modelling. Results: The participants' mean age was 33.5 (SD = 15.6) years, and 62.3% were female. There was an adequate factorial adjustment of the scale in this sample. The convergent validity and internal consistency were adequate in the one-factor model. Regarding two-factor model, there was a high correlation (r) among the factors, which jeopardized the discriminant validity. A total of 47.6% of the participants (IC 95% = 40.9 -54.4) presented low levels of anxiety, 32.5% (IC 95% = 26.2 -38.9) moderate levels, and 12.3% (IC 95% = 7.8 -16.7) exacerbated levels. There was a non-significant effect of gender, age and education on the anxiety levels of this sample. Conclusion: We concluded that the one-factor model presented better psychometric qualities, that anxiety was highly prevalent and there was no significant effect of the demographic variables on anxiety, in this sample.

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“…Na literatura, poucas são as pesquisas que abordam a reprodutibilidade da Escala DAS 14,[18][19][20] , entre esses, nenhum trabalho verificou a concordância de aspectos da ansiedade frente ao tratamento odontológico a partir de diferentes técnicas de entrevistas o que torna difícil a comparação dos achados desse estudo com outros da mesma natureza.…”

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Escala de Ansiedade Odontológica: Reprodutibilidade das Respostas Dadas em Entrevistas Telefônicas e Pessoais

Presoto¹

2011

Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr.

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Objetivo: Estimar a reprodutibilidade intra-examinador da Escala de Ansiedade Odontológica (DAS) quando aplicada por meio de entrevistas telefônicas e pessoais e estudar a associação entre o grau de ansiedade e variáveis de interesse. Método: Participaram do estudo 50 indivíduos, sendo 38 do sexo feminino com média de idade de 23,98,9 anos, moradores do município de Araraquara -SP. Os voluntários responderam a Escala DAS por meio de entrevista telefônica, duas vezes, com intervalo de uma semana entre as mesmas. Após 30 dias, os mesmos participantes responderam a Escala DAS por meio de entrevista pessoal em dois momentos distintos com intervalo de uma semana. Para estudo da reprodutibilidade intra-examinador utilizou-se a estatística Kappa () por ponto e por intervalo de confiança. Resultados: A concordância no grau de ansiedade intra-examinador foi de 0,82 (0,75-0,90) para entrevista por meio telefônico e de 0,69 (0,60-0,79) para entrevista realizada pessoalmente. Entre as questões componentes da escala DAS, duas apresentaram diferença estatística significante na reprodutibilidade intra-examinador sendo que as respostas dadas mediante ligações telefônicas apresentaram melhor concordância. A prevalência de ansiedade na amostra foi de 92,0% sendo que a maioria (70,0%) apresentou nível baixo, 18,0% ansiedade moderada e 4,0% exacerbada. Conclusão: A classificação dos indivíduos segundo o grau de ansiedade realizada mediante entrevistas por meio de ligações telefônicas e pessoais apresentaram concordância estatisticamente semelhante, entretanto, observou-se melhor concordância quando da aplicação de entrevista por telefone para as questões referentes à ansiedade na sala de espera do dentista e no momento de preparo do "motor" para ser utilizado no tratamento odontológico.Ansiedade; Odontologia Comunitária; Entrevista.Objective: To estimate the intra-examiner reproducibility of the Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) when applied by phone and personal interviews and to evaluate the association between the level of anxiety and the factors of interest. Method: The participants were 50 individuals (n=38 females) with mean age of 23.98.9 years, living in the city of Araraquara, SP, Brazil. The volunteers answered the DAS by means of two phone interviews with one-week interval between them. After 30 days, the DAS was applied to the same participants by means of personal interviews at two moments with one-week interval between them. Intra-examiner reproducibility was determined using Kappa () statistics by point and by confidence interval. Results: The intra-examiner agreement for the level of anxiety was 0.82 (0.75-0.90) for the phone interview and 0.69 (0.60-0.79) for the personal interview. Two of the DAS questions presented statistically significant difference in the intra-examiner reproducibility, with better agreement for the answers given by the participants during phone calls. The prevalence of dental anxiety in the sample was 92.0%, in such a way that 70.0%, 18.0% and 4.0% of them presented low, moderate and exacerbated...

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Reliability and clinical usefulness of psychometric measures in a self‐referred population of odontophobics

Cited by 81 publications

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Dental anxiety and trait anxiety: an investigation of their relationship

Dental anxiety and trait anxiety: an investigation of their relationship

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

Escala de Ansiedade Odontológica: Reprodutibilidade das Respostas Dadas em Entrevistas Telefônicas e Pessoais

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