Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Sıhhiye, Ankara 06100, Turkey.
Aksaray State Hospital, Psychiatry Clinic, Aksaray 68100, Turkey.
J Anxiety Disord. 2014 Mar;28(2):280-2. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.01.001. Epub 2014 Jan 21.
Although dental phobia is classified under the heading of blood-injury phobia, studies show differences between the two conditions in terms of frequency of fainting and gender distribution. Anxiety sensitivity (AS), which refers to discomfort and negative attributions to bodily anxiety sensations, was useful in differentiating panic anxiety from other phobic anxieties. No study has compared dental phobia with blood-injury phobia directly. We examined 61 subjects, working at a military aircraft factory, using measures on demographics, dental fears (MDAS - Modified Dental Anxiety Scale) and blood-injury fears (MBPI - Multidimensional Blood/Injury Phobia Inventory), in addition to Anxiety Sensitivity Index. Regression analyses revealed that dental phobia was predicted by ASI, whereas blood/injury phobia was not. Our results provide additional support for the proposed distinction between the two conditions.
虽然牙科恐惧症被归类为血液-伤害恐惧症，但研究表明这两种情况在晕厥频率和性别分布方面存在差异。焦虑敏感度（AS）是指对身体焦虑感的不适和负面归因，它有助于区分恐慌焦虑和其他恐惧症焦虑。目前尚无研究直接比较牙科恐惧症和血液-伤害恐惧症。我们使用人口统计学、牙科恐惧（MDAS-改良牙科焦虑量表）和血液/伤害恐惧（MBPI-多维血液/伤害恐惧症量表）以及焦虑敏感度指数，对在一家军用飞机工厂工作的 61 名受试者进行了检查。回归分析表明，牙科恐惧症由 ASI 预测，而血液/伤害恐惧症则不是。我们的研究结果为这两种情况的区分提供了额外的支持。
