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UK population norms for the modified dental anxiety scale with percentile calculator : adult dental health survey 2009 results
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dc.contributor.author | Humphris, Gerald Michael | |
dc.contributor.author | Crawford, John | |
dc.contributor.author | Hill, Kirsty | |
dc.contributor.author | Gilbert, Angela | |
dc.contributor.author | Freeman, Ruth | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-06-27T16:01:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-06-27T16:01:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-06-24 | |
dc.identifier | 56287764 | |
dc.identifier | d0297304-7924-49f3-a8d9-1c807dd40997 | |
dc.identifier | 84879209839 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Humphris , G M , Crawford , J , Hill , K , Gilbert , A & Freeman , R 2013 , ' UK population norms for the modified dental anxiety scale with percentile calculator : adult dental health survey 2009 results ' , BMC Oral Health , vol. 13 , no. 29 . https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6831-13-29 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1472-6831 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-4601-8834/work/64033915 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/3826 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: A recent UK population survey of oral health included questions to assess dental anxiety to provide mean and prevalence estimates of this important psychological construct. Methods: A two-stage cluster sample was used for the survey across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The survey took place between October-December 2009, and January-April 2010. All interviewers were trained on survey procedures. Within the 7,233 households sampled there were 13,509 adults who were asked to participate in the survey and 11,382 participated (84%). Results: The scale was reliable and showed some evidence of unidimensionality. Estimated proportion of participants with high dental anxiety (cut-off score = 19) was 11.6%. Percentiles and confidence intervals were presented and can be estimated for individual patients across various age ranges and gender using an on-line tool. Conclusions: The largest reported data set on the MDAS from a representative UK sample was presented. The scale’s psychometrics is supportive for the routine assessment of patient dental anxiety to compare against a number of major demographic groups categorised by age and sex. Practitioners within the UK have a resource to estimate the rarity of a particular patient’s level of dental anxiety, with confidence intervals, when using the on-line percentile calculator. | |
dc.format.extent | 199030 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | BMC Oral Health | en |
dc.subject | Dental anxiety | en |
dc.subject | Representative survey | en |
dc.subject | Psychometrics | en |
dc.subject | Percentiles | en |
dc.subject | On-line calculator | en |
dc.subject | R Medicine | en |
dc.subject | RK Dentistry | en |
dc.subject.lcc | R | en |
dc.subject.lcc | RK | en |
dc.title | UK population norms for the modified dental anxiety scale with percentile calculator : adult dental health survey 2009 results | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Medicine | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. St Andrews Sustainability Institute | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Health Psychology | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/1472-6831-13-29 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.url | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6831/13/29 | en |
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