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Dental fear in an urban Swedish child population: prevalence and concomitant factors.
Community Dent Health. 1994 Dec; 11(4):208-14.CD

Abstract

In order to establish normative data on the dental subscale of children's fear survey schedule (CFSS-DS), measuring child dental fear, and to study the influence of general fears, parental fears and socio-economic correlates on children's dental fear levels, a questionnaire was sent to parents of a representative sample of 4,505 children aged 4-6, and 9-11-years-old in Göteborg, Sweden. The questionnaire contained the CFSS-DS, a short form of the CFSS measuring general fears, Corah's dental anxiety scale (DAS) (measuring parents' dental fear) and specific questions on parents' employment and the native language in the family. A total of 3,204 responses was received. The overall mean score on CFSS-DS was 23.1, and 6.7 per cent of the children were found to be fearful. Dental fear decreased with increasing age and was positively correlated to general fears. Three variables: age, general fears and maternal dental fear, were found to have a significant impact on the variance of CFSS-DS.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Klingberg G
Department of Pedodontics, Faculty of Odontology, University of Göteborg, Sweden.
Berggren U
No affiliation info available
Norén JG
No affiliation info available

MeSH

Age FactorsChildChild BehaviorChild, PreschoolDMF IndexDental AnxietyFemaleHumansMaleManifest Anxiety ScaleMother-Child RelationsPrevalenceSex FactorsSocial ClassSurveys and QuestionnairesSwedenUrban Population

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

7850639

Clinical Trial Links

Effect of Parental Absence on Child's Dental Anxiety and Behaviors During Dental Treatment

Citation

Klingberg, G, et al. "Dental Fear in an Urban Swedish Child Population: Prevalence and Concomitant Factors." Community Dental Health, vol. 11, no. 4, 1994, pp. 208-14.
Klingberg G, Berggren U, Norén JG. Dental fear in an urban Swedish child population: prevalence and concomitant factors. Community Dent Health. 1994;11(4):208-14.
Klingberg, G., Berggren, U., & Norén, J. G. (1994). Dental fear in an urban Swedish child population: prevalence and concomitant factors. Community Dental Health, 11(4), 208-14.
Klingberg G, Berggren U, Norén JG. Dental Fear in an Urban Swedish Child Population: Prevalence and Concomitant Factors. Community Dent Health. 1994;11(4):208-14. PubMed PMID: 7850639.
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