Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.
Eur J Paediatr Dent. 2011 Dec;12(4):239-44.
Anxiety has been defined as a nonspecific feeling of apprehension towards a concrete situation that does not necessarily involve a previous experience. Dental anxiety can prevent patients from cooperating fully during dental treatment. Given that there is a connection between dental anxiety and uncooperative behaviour, it is important for dentists to be able to assess anxiety in their patients. There are many methods for such assessment, and in children they depend on age and intellectual development. These measures can be objective or subjective, depending on the method used to quantify the degree of anxiety. The aim of this literature review was to analyse the objective and subjective scales that are used most commonly to assess the degree of anxiety of children in a dental setting.
Knowing the degree of anxiety of dental children is important in order to guide them through their dental experience. Their level of cooperation will also improve and anxiety will be reduced as well.
焦虑被定义为对具体情况的一种非特异性的担忧，这种情况不一定涉及以前的经历。牙科焦虑症可能会导致患者在牙科治疗过程中无法充分配合。鉴于牙科焦虑症和不合作行为之间存在联系，牙医能够评估患者的焦虑症很重要。有许多评估方法，在儿童中，它们取决于年龄和智力发育。这些措施可以是客观的，也可以是主观的，具体取决于用于量化焦虑程度的方法。本文献综述的目的是分析在牙科环境中最常用于评估儿童焦虑程度的客观和主观量表。
了解牙科儿童的焦虑程度对于指导他们的牙科治疗过程很重要。他们的合作程度也会提高，焦虑程度也会降低。
