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Relationship between anxiety and preception to dental care in children
Objectives: Dental care is perceived by many as a procedure to be feared. Many studies have reported that fear and anxiety are major deterrents to seeking dental care in general, but only a few deal with children's dental care. The purpose of this study to observed the relationship between the level of anxiety and perception of school children to the dental services.
Methods: This study was conducted on 50 school children aged 10 - 12 years old in Jambi, Indonesia. We used Corah’s Dental Anxiety Scale (CDAS) and Children Fear Survey Schedule-Dental (CFSS-DS) questionnaires to measured the level of anxiety and perception respectively.
Results: Among the 50 school children, the mean ± SD of CDAS and CFSS-DS scores were 9.64 ± 2.64 and 39.1 ± 7.87 respectively, while the range of CDAS and CFSS-DS scores were between 5 to 16 and 23 to 57 respectively. The results showed a significant positive correlation between anxiety and perception (r= 0.89; ρ =0.009). Children with higher dental anxiety score had a higher score of Children Fear Survey Schedule-Dental (CFSS-DS) questionnaires.
Conclusions: We concluded that there is a strong relationship between the level of anxiety and the perception of the children to the dental services. An oral health promotion program would need to be developed to improve the children perception to dental care.
Methods: This study was conducted on 50 school children aged 10 - 12 years old in Jambi, Indonesia. We used Corah’s Dental Anxiety Scale (CDAS) and Children Fear Survey Schedule-Dental (CFSS-DS) questionnaires to measured the level of anxiety and perception respectively.
Results: Among the 50 school children, the mean ± SD of CDAS and CFSS-DS scores were 9.64 ± 2.64 and 39.1 ± 7.87 respectively, while the range of CDAS and CFSS-DS scores were between 5 to 16 and 23 to 57 respectively. The results showed a significant positive correlation between anxiety and perception (r= 0.89; ρ =0.009). Children with higher dental anxiety score had a higher score of Children Fear Survey Schedule-Dental (CFSS-DS) questionnaires.
Conclusions: We concluded that there is a strong relationship between the level of anxiety and the perception of the children to the dental services. An oral health promotion program would need to be developed to improve the children perception to dental care.