de Carvalho Ricardo Wathson Feitosa, de Carvalho Bezerra Falcão Paulo Germano, de Luna Campos Gustavo José, de Souza Andrade Emanuel Sávio, do Egito Vasconcelos Belmiro Cavalcanti, da Silva Pereira Maria Auxiliadora
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Pernambuco School of Dentistry, University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
J Dent Child (Chic). 2013 Jan-Apr;80(1):41-6.
The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and predicitve factors of dental anxiety among Brazilian adolescents.
This was a cross-sectional study of a random sample of 340 Brazilian adolescents, done between 2005 and 2010. Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale and an objective questionnaire were used to determine the degree of dental anxiety.
The prevalence of moderate to severe dental anxiety was approximately 18%. Dental anxiety was correlated with the following factors: gender (P<.05), age group (P<.001), degree of schooling (P<.001), access to newspapers and/or the Internet (P<02), oral hygiene frequency (P=.005), visits to the dentist (P<.02), reason for last visit to the dentist (P<.001), and experience with dental pain (P=.002).
Dental fear and anxiety in Brazilian adolescents are associated with lack of economic resources, negligence of oral health, low educational level, female gender, and younger age.
本研究旨在确定巴西青少年牙科焦虑症的患病率及预测因素。
这是一项对340名巴西青少年随机样本的横断面研究，于2005年至2010年进行。使用科拉牙科焦虑量表和一份客观问卷来确定牙科焦虑程度。
中度至重度牙科焦虑的患病率约为18%。牙科焦虑与以下因素相关：性别（P<0.05）、年龄组（P<0.001）、受教育程度（P<0.001）、获取报纸和/或互联网的情况（P<0.02）、口腔卫生频率（P=0.005）、看牙医的次数（P<0.02）、上次看牙医的原因（P<0.001）以及牙痛经历（P=0.002）。
巴西青少年的牙科恐惧和焦虑与经济资源匮乏、忽视口腔健康、教育水平低、女性性别和年龄较小有关。
