Open AccessValidation of Arabic version of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) and Kleinknecht’s Dental Fear Survey Scale (DFS) and combined self-modified version of this two scales as Dental Fear Anxiety Scale (DFAS) among 12 to 15 year Saudi school students in Riyadh city
Author(s) -
Saeed Ahmed Saeed Al-Amri,
Sulaiman A Alshammari,
Mohammad Abdul Baseer,
Mansour K Assery,
Navin Anand Ingle
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/jispcd.jispcd_196_19
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , anxiety , dental fear , anxiety score , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , arabic , medicine , psychology , psychometrics , psychiatry , geography , cartography , linguistics , philosophy
The aim of this study was to test the reliability and validity of the Arabic version of Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS), Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS), and a combined self-modified version of these scales and Dental Fear and Anxiety Scale (DFAS). We also aimed to assess the impact of dental fear and anxiety among Arabic-speaking 12-15-year-old Saudi students on their quality of life by correlating MDAS, DAS, and DFAS scores with other demographic data.