Dental Anxiety: The Prevalence and Related Factors among 7-14-year-old Children in Yazd, Iran | ||
| Journal of Pediatric Perspectives | ||
| دوره 10، شماره 1، فروردین 2022، صفحه 15304-15312 اصل مقاله (559.43 K) | ||
| نوع مقاله: original article | ||
| شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22038/ijp.2021.60713.4687 | ||
| نویسندگان | ||
| Fateme Kebriaei1؛ Hajar Attarzadeh2؛ Elnaz Foroughi3؛ Mehdi Taghian4؛ Soroush Sadri5؛ Mahnaz Nemati6؛ Leyli Sadri* 7 | ||
| 1Assistant Professor of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Pediatrics , School of Dentistry, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran | ||
| 2Assistant Professor of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Pediatrics , School of Dentistry, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Pediatrics, School of Dentistry, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran. | ||
| 4Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Mazandaran, Iran. | ||
| 5Resident of physical and rehabilitation medicine, Medical Students’ Research Center, School of medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran | ||
| 6Dental student, Sari Faculty of Dentistry, School of Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran | ||
| 7Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Mazandaran, Iran. | ||
| چکیده | ||
| Background: Dental anxiety/fear in children is a main reason for the problems in their behavior management and avoiding dental care. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and level of dental anxiety/fear in Iranian children and adolescents as well as its related factors. Methods: 330 children aged 7-14 participated in this study and answered the questionnaire of Children’s Fear Schedule-Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS). Data were analyzed using Chi-square and Split-half tests. Results: Dental anxiety prevalence was 20.6% in 7-11 year-olds and 11% in 12-14 year-olds (P=0.001). This value was 17.6% in girls and 14% in boys (P=0.01). Mean of the anxiety score was 29.3 - 7.6 in boys and 31.4 - 7.6 in girls (P=0.015). Prevalence of dental anxiety was 19.7% in the participants without previous dental experience and 8.6% in those with this experience (P=0.001). The mean anxiety score was 31.3 - 7.6 in children without previous dental experience and 28.6 - 7.3 in those with previous experience (P=0.002). The concomitant factors significantly related to high dental anxiety were injection and choking sensation. Conclusions: Dental anxiety is more in girls and children without previous dental experience, and it decreases with increasing age. Injection and choking sensation are related to high dental anxiety | ||
| کلیدواژهها | ||
| Dental Anxiety؛ Child؛ Pediatric Dentistry | ||
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