TY - JOUR T1 - Reliability and validity of the Greek version of the Children's Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale. AU - Arapostathis,Konstantinos N, AU - Coolidge,Trilby, AU - Emmanouil,Dimitris, AU - Kotsanos,Nikolaos, Y1 - 2008/02/18/ PY - 2008/2/21/pubmed PY - 2009/2/20/medline PY - 2008/2/21/entrez SP - 374 EP - 9 JF - International journal of paediatric dentistry JO - Int J Paediatr Dent VL - 18 IS - 5 N2 - BACKGROUND: The Children's Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS) is a commonly used questionnaire which measures children's dental fear. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to gather data to evaluate the psychometric properties of a Greek version of the CFSS-DS. METHODS: A sample of 260 children aged 4-12 completed the Greek version of the CFSS-DS while in the waiting room of a paediatric dentist. The dentist, who was unaware of the children's scores, rated the children's behaviour during the dental appointment using the Frankl scale. Children who returned for a second dental appointment during the study period completed the CFSS-DS a second time. RESULTS: The mean CFSS-DS score was 24.80 (standard deviation = 9.17). Age and gender were not related to mean scores. Invasiveness of dental treatment was not related to mean scores. Children who were most uncooperative/fearful on the Frankl had the highest mean scores (Kruskal-Wallis chi2 = 9.48; d.f. = 2; P = 0.009). The internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) was 0.85, and the test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation) was 0.74. CONCLUSIONS: The Greek version of the CFSS-DS appears to be reliable and valid. Further samples should include school samples, to include children who may not go to the dentist. SN - 1365-263X UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/18284471/Reliability_and_validity_of_the_Greek_version_of_the_Children's_Fear_Survey_Schedule_Dental_Subscale_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -