Assuncão Cristiane Meira, Losso Estela Maris, Andreatini Roberto, de Menezes Jose Vitor Nogara Borges
Department of Surgery and Orthopedics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent. 2013 Jul-Sep;31(3):175-9. doi: 10.4103/0970-4388.117977.
The aim of the present study was to compare trait anxiety and dental anxiety among children, adolescents and their parents.
A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 100 patients from the Pediatric Dentistry Clinic of the Federal University of Parana (Brazil) between the ages of 8 and 17 years (mean age: 10.3; standard deviation: 2.03) and their parents, who responded to Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) and the Trait Anxiety Scale. The data were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney test, analysis of variance and both Pearson's and Spearman's correlation coefficients.
Ninety percent of children and adolescents and 76% of the parents had moderate anxiety based on the DAS score. Seventy-four percent of children and adolescents and 72% of the parents had moderate anxiety based on the Trait Anxiety Scale score. The trait anxiety and dental anxiety scores were correlated among the adults (rs = 0.64) and children (r = 0.52), whereas no correlation between scores was found among the adolescents. Associations were also found between children's trait anxiety and the dental and trait anxiety of their parents (both r = 0.43).
A moderate degree of dental anxiety was prevalent among the children, adolescents and parents who took part in this investigation, with correlations demonstrated between some trait anxiety and dental anxiety scores.
本研究旨在比较儿童、青少年及其父母的特质焦虑和牙科焦虑。
进行了一项横断面研究，纳入了来自巴西巴拉那联邦大学儿科牙科诊所的100名年龄在8至17岁之间（平均年龄：10.3岁；标准差：2.03）的患者及其父母，他们回答了科拉牙科焦虑量表（DAS）和特质焦虑量表。使用曼-惠特尼检验、方差分析以及皮尔逊和斯皮尔曼相关系数对数据进行分析。
根据DAS评分，90%的儿童和青少年以及76%的父母有中度焦虑。根据特质焦虑量表评分，74%的儿童和青少年以及72%的父母有中度焦虑。特质焦虑和牙科焦虑评分在成年人（rs = 0.64）和儿童（r = 0.52）中相关，而在青少年中未发现评分之间的相关性。还发现儿童的特质焦虑与其父母的牙科焦虑和特质焦虑之间存在关联（两者r = 0.43）。
参与本次调查的儿童、青少年和父母中普遍存在中度牙科焦虑，一些特质焦虑和牙科焦虑评分之间存在相关性。
