Department of Community Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study, Turku Brain and Mind Center, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Int J Paediatr Dent. 2017 Nov;27(6):506-513. doi: 10.1111/ipd.12289. Epub 2017 Jan 28.
Dental fear seems to fluctuate, but concordance of changes in dental fears between parent/adolescent dyads has not been reported.
To study longitudinally the associations between adolescent and parental dental fears and their changes.
Adolescents and parents reported their dental fear independently of each other when adolescents were between 11-12 and 15-16-year-olds. Eight hundred and seventeen eligible parent/adolescent dyads were included in the analyses. Dental fear was measured with a single question using five response alternatives. Associations between adolescent and parental dental fears and their changes were analysed using χ tests and correlation coefficients.
Prevalence of dental fear remained rather similar during the study. There was a positive association between adolescent and parental dental fears in early adolescence (P < 0.001) but at middle adolescence only among parent/girl dyads (P = 0.007 for girls, P = 0.341 for boys). Changes in dental fear among parent/adolescent dyads did not correlate statistically significantly. Difference between girls' and boys' change in dental fear was statistically significant (P = 0.001). Dental fear increased more often among girls than among boys. Boys had stable low/no dental fear more often than girls did.
Adolescents' and parents' dental fears seemingly change independently of each other.
牙齿恐惧似乎会波动，但父母与青少年对子之间牙齿恐惧变化的一致性尚未报道。
纵向研究青少年和父母的牙齿恐惧及其变化之间的关系。
当青少年在 11-12 岁和 15-16 岁之间时，青少年和父母独立地报告他们的牙齿恐惧。817 对符合条件的父母/青少年对子被纳入分析。使用五个反应选项中的一个问题来测量牙齿恐惧。使用 χ 检验和相关系数分析青少年和父母牙齿恐惧及其变化之间的关联。
在研究期间，牙齿恐惧的患病率仍然相当相似。在青少年早期，青少年和父母的牙齿恐惧之间存在正相关（P < 0.001），但在青少年中期，仅在父母/女孩对子中存在（P = 0.007 对于女孩，P = 0.341 对于男孩）。父母/青少年对子中牙齿恐惧的变化没有统计学上的显著相关性。父母/青少年对子中牙齿恐惧变化之间的差异在统计学上具有显著性（P = 0.001）。女孩的牙齿恐惧变化比男孩更显著。与女孩相比，男孩的牙齿恐惧变化更稳定，低/无恐惧的比例更高。
青少年和父母的牙齿恐惧似乎彼此独立变化。
