Felicetti D M, Julliard K
Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
ASDC J Dent Child. 2000 Jul-Aug;67(4):246-9, 231.
Many children are diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), but the impact of this on behavior at a dental visit has not been examined. This study compared the behaviors of children with and without ADHD during a dental recall visit. Forty-two children with and forty-two without ADHD (fifty-six boys and twenty-eight girls, ages 6.0 through 10.6 years of age) were selected from a chart review at a hospital dental clinic. Every child was observed in the dental chair before and during the dental visit. Tell-show-do was utilized with every patient. Each child was evaluated for compliance or resistance and was rated using the Frankl behavior rating scale. Behavior ratings of children with and without ADHD were not statistically different. This could indicate that children with and without ADHD behave similarly in the dental setting. Use of Tell-show-do and presence of a pediatric dentist trained in child psychology could have contributed to this similarity.
许多儿童被诊断患有注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD），但这对看牙时行为的影响尚未得到研究。本研究比较了患有和未患有ADHD的儿童在牙齿复查时的行为。从一家医院牙科诊所的病历回顾中选取了42名患有ADHD的儿童和42名未患有ADHD的儿童（56名男孩和28名女孩，年龄在6.0至10.6岁之间）。在看牙前和看牙期间，对每个孩子在牙科治疗椅上的情况进行观察。对每位患者都采用了告知-演示-操作的方法。评估每个孩子的配合程度或抗拒程度，并使用弗兰克尔行为评定量表进行评分。患有和未患有ADHD的儿童的行为评分在统计学上没有差异。这可能表明，患有和未患有ADHD的儿童在牙科环境中的行为表现相似。告知-演示-操作方法的使用以及有一位接受过儿童心理学培训的儿科牙医可能促成了这种相似性。
