Salem Katayoun, Kousha Maryam, Anissian Arash, Shahabi Asadollah
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
J Dent Res Dent Clin Dent Prospects. 2012 Spring;6(2):70-4. doi: 10.5681/joddd.2012.015. Epub 2012 Jun 6.
Dental fear/anxiety as a barrier in accessing oral health care is poorly investigated in Iranian children. The aims of this study were to evaluate the prevalence of dental fear and behavior management problems, as well as to examine the relationship between dental fear/anxiety and probable concomitant factors.
Mothers of 200 children aged 3-6 were participated in this descriptive-analytic study, and completed the CFSS-DS, SDQ, Chora and Spielberger questionnaires for both child and parents' general and dental anxiety in this descriptive- analytic study. Behavior was evaluated according to Frankl scale. Statistical approaches included T-test, chi-sq, and Pearson Linear correlation.
The mean score of dental fear was 32.15 ± 10 and the prevalence was 22.2%. Significant correlations were found between child's dental fear, general fear and behavior management problems; however, no relationship was found between child's dental fear and parental dental or general fear.
According to results of this study dental fear/anxiety seems to be more conditional and related to child's temperament than parental impact. Parental evaluation of dental fear can be used as a predictor of child's dental behavior.
在伊朗儿童中，对牙科恐惧/焦虑作为获得口腔保健的障碍这一情况研究甚少。本研究的目的是评估牙科恐惧和行为管理问题的患病率，并研究牙科恐惧/焦虑与可能的相关因素之间的关系。
200名3至6岁儿童的母亲参与了这项描述性分析研究，在该研究中，她们完成了CFSS-DS、SDQ、Chora和斯皮尔伯格问卷，以评估儿童及其父母的一般焦虑和牙科焦虑情况。根据弗兰克尔量表评估行为。统计方法包括t检验、卡方检验和皮尔逊线性相关分析。
牙科恐惧的平均得分为32.15±10，患病率为22.2%。发现儿童的牙科恐惧、一般恐惧与行为管理问题之间存在显著相关性；然而，未发现儿童的牙科恐惧与父母的牙科恐惧或一般恐惧之间存在关联。
根据本研究结果，牙科恐惧/焦虑似乎更多地取决于儿童的气质，而非父母的影响。父母对牙科恐惧的评估可作为儿童牙科行为的预测指标。
