Department of Community and Public Health Dentistry, Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Duwakot, Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Department of Public Health Dentistry, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2020 Jan;58(221):33-38. doi: 10.31729/jnma.4791.
Odontophobia or dental fear is a "unique phobia with special psychosomatic components that impact on the dental health of the odontophobia persons". It is well documented that dental fear has a significant impact on dental care utilization behaviors. The objective of this study was to find out the level of dental fear among school children studying in government schools of Dharan, Nepal.
A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from March to August 2017 among 215 school going children of Dharan of age group 6 to 15 years. Ethical approval was obtained. Children studying in six different government schools of Dharan were selected using two stage cluster sampling method. The Children's Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale was used to measure dental fear among the study group. Data were entered in Microsoft Excel Sheet 2007 and analyzed in Statistical Package of Social Sciences 11.5.
This study showed that among the total study population, 96 (44.7%) had high fear, 62 (28.8%) had moderate fear and 57 (26.5%) had low dental fear. Among males, 29 (34.5%) had high fear whereas more than half of the female respondents had high fear.
The present study showed that most of the school going children had high fear of dental treatment. So, school health programs should be planned to make the children familiar to dentistry and proper treatment modalities should be provided to make the child comfortable to seek dental care.
牙恐惧症或牙科恐惧是一种“具有特殊身心成分的独特恐惧症，会影响牙恐惧症患者的口腔健康”。有大量文献记载表明，牙科恐惧对口腔保健的利用行为有重大影响。本研究旨在了解尼泊尔达兰公立学校学生的牙科恐惧程度。
2017 年 3 月至 8 月，在年龄为 6 至 15 岁的达兰 215 名在校儿童中进行了一项描述性横断面研究。获得了伦理批准。使用两阶段整群抽样方法，从达兰的六所不同公立学校中选择研究对象。采用儿童恐惧调查量表-牙科量表评估研究组的牙科恐惧程度。数据录入 Microsoft Excel 2007 电子表格，使用社会科学统计软件包 11.5 进行分析。
本研究表明，在总研究人群中，96 人（44.7%）有高度恐惧，62 人（28.8%）有中度恐惧，57 人（26.5%）有低度牙科恐惧。在男性中，有 29 人（34.5%）有高度恐惧，而超过一半的女性受访者有高度恐惧。
本研究表明，大多数在校儿童对牙科治疗有高度恐惧。因此，应制定学校卫生计划，使儿童熟悉牙科，并提供适当的治疗方法，使儿童能够舒适地寻求牙科保健。
