Anesteziol Reanimatol. 2012 Jan-Feb(1):21-3.
The purpose of this observation-randomized study was to compare the effectiveness of the visual-analogue scale (VAS) for children to assess the level of anxiety and a comparison of it with such methods, as the test-scoring systems in children in the dental practice. In the study participated 156 children, with an average age of 5.8 years, divided into 2 groups on the grounds of possibility of alone treatment in the dental chair Children, dental sanation of which was carried out under general anaesthesia were the main group, the control group included children treated independently. VAS of anxiety is an objective and useful technique for determining the degree of fear in children in the studied age category. The method is simple and has a high degree of correlation with other test-scoring systems. The largest degree of correlation we noted with mYPAS at the stage of primary visits, a day after the manipulation the VAS of anxious had more reliability in comparison with the STAIC.
这项观察性随机研究的目的是比较视觉模拟量表（VAS）对儿童焦虑水平评估的有效性，并将其与牙科实践中儿童测试评分系统等方法进行比较。该研究共有156名平均年龄为5.8岁的儿童参与，根据在牙科椅上单独治疗的可能性分为2组。主要组为在全身麻醉下进行牙齿治疗的儿童，对照组包括独立接受治疗的儿童。焦虑视觉模拟量表是确定所研究年龄组儿童恐惧程度的一种客观且有用的技术。该方法简单，且与其他测试评分系统具有高度相关性。我们注意到在初诊阶段与儿童耶鲁术前焦虑量表（mYPAS）的相关性最高，操作后一天，焦虑视觉模拟量表与儿童状态特质焦虑问卷（STAIC）相比具有更高的可靠性。
