Neverlien P O
Nor Tannlaegeforen Tid. 1989 Sep;99(15):574-8.
The article deals with the relationships between general fear, clinical dental anxiety, and self-reported dental anxiety. 157 elementary school children aged 10-13 participated in the investigation. The children answered Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale (CDAS), and Dental Tension Scale (DTS), constructed for the investigation by the present author. The first of three DTS questions is "Are you afraid of going to the dentist?" (DTS1). 155 children were given scores for clinical behavior (KAB in text and tables). 118 children, aged 10-12, also answered a shortened version of the Geer Fear Scale (GFS), scoring 15 to 60 in the direction of increasing general fear. CDAS and DTS have been dealt with earlier. There was weak but significant correlation between clinical behavior and self-reported dental anxiety. There were no direct associations between general fear and clinical or self-reported dental anxiety. However, there was a significant correlation between general fear and self-reported dental anxiety for the girls who showed signs of clinical anxiety. The results give support to DTS1 being a valid measure of the overall state dental anxiety.
本文探讨了一般恐惧、临床牙科焦虑与自我报告的牙科焦虑之间的关系。157名10至13岁的小学生参与了此项调查。这些孩子回答了科拉牙科焦虑量表（CDAS）以及由作者为本调查编制的牙科紧张量表（DTS）。DTS三个问题中的第一个是“你害怕去看牙医吗？”（DTS1）。155名儿童获得了临床行为评分（文本和表格中用KAB表示）。118名10至12岁的儿童还回答了吉尔恐惧量表（GFS）的简化版，得分在15至60之间，得分越高表示一般恐惧程度越高。CDAS和DTS此前已有相关论述。临床行为与自我报告的牙科焦虑之间存在微弱但显著的相关性。一般恐惧与临床或自我报告的牙科焦虑之间没有直接关联。然而，对于表现出临床焦虑迹象的女孩，一般恐惧与自我报告的牙科焦虑之间存在显著相关性。研究结果支持DTS1作为衡量整体牙科焦虑状态的有效指标。
