THE COMPARATIVE CHARACTERISTIC AND VALIDITY OF SUBJECTIVE METHODS FOR THE ESTIMATION OF THE DEGREE OF ANXIETY STRESS USED IN STOMATOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
V. V Milenin
Russian Journal of Dentistry ›› 2012, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (1) : 45 -49.
THE COMPARATIVE CHARACTERISTIC AND VALIDITY OF SUBJECTIVE METHODS FOR THE ESTIMATION OF THE DEGREE OF ANXIETY STRESS USED IN STOMATOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
The objective of the present randomized observational study was to compare the efficacy of the visual-analog scales (VAS) and other tools (such as certain test-scoring systems) applied to the estimation of the degree of anxiety stress in the children ’s stomatological practice. The participants of the study were 356 children allocated to three groups and their parents. They were surveyed with the use of the VAS, STAIC, STAI, mYALE, DAS, and MAS anxiety scales. The latter two scales were specially developed for the group of recipients of the stomatological aid including young and adult patients. The mean age of the patients in groups 1, 2, and 3 was 4.86 +- 1,3; 9.76 +- 1.8, and 13.8 +- 2.1 years respectively. All the patients voluntarily received stomatological care. It is concluded that the VAS anxiety scale provides a useful objective tool for the estimation of the degree of dental phobia in the children aged above 7 years. The results of the present estimation fairly well correlate with those obtained with the help of other test-scoring systems.
children / stomatological care / test-scoring and visual-analog scales
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