Rayen R, Muthu M S, Chandrasekhar Rao R, Sivakumar N
Dept of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College & Hospital, Maduravoyal, Chennai, India.
Indian J Dent Res. 2006 Jan-Mar;17(1):27-34. doi: 10.4103/0970-9290.29895.
Anxiety is a special variety of fear, experienced in anticipation of threatening stimuli. While some research workers have said that the response of a child improves with the number of visits, many have felt otherwise. The present study is yet another effort to find the patterns of anxiety in children during sequential dental visits. The main aim was to determine the physiological and behavioral variations during sequential dental visits and its impact on age and sex. The study was conducted at the outpatient Department of Pedodontics and preventive dentistry, Meenakshi Ammal Dental College and Hospital, Chennai to evaluate the physiological and behavioural measures of stress and anxiety in children. One hundred and fifteen children, between four and eleven years of age who reported for dental treatment were selected for the study.
焦虑是恐惧的一种特殊形式，是在预期到威胁性刺激时所体验到的。虽然一些研究人员表示，随着就诊次数的增加，儿童的反应会有所改善，但许多人却有不同看法。本研究是为了探寻儿童在连续牙科就诊期间的焦虑模式而做出的又一次努力。主要目的是确定连续牙科就诊期间的生理和行为变化及其对年龄和性别的影响。该研究在钦奈的梅纳克希·安马尔牙科学院及医院的儿童牙科与预防牙科门诊部进行，以评估儿童压力和焦虑的生理及行为指标。选取了115名年龄在4至11岁前来接受牙科治疗的儿童参与该研究。
