Open AccessDental Fear and Anxiety in 9-12 Years Old Children in Clinical Setting in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Normative Values and Types of Informant
Author(s) -
Elmedin Bajrić,
Amina Huseinbegović,
Amila Zukanović,
Nina Marković,
Amra Arslanagić,
Mediha Dragas,
Elma Katana,
Sedin Kobašlija
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
acta informatica medica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1986-5988
pISSN - 0353-8109
DOI - 10.5455/aim.2022.30.41-47
Subject(s) - normative , cronbach's alpha , anxiety , psychology , clinical psychology , rating scale , scale (ratio) , psychiatry , developmental psychology , psychometrics , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics
The most commonly used diagnostic tests for evaluation of the dental fear and anxiety (DFA) presence in children were psychometric scales, where interpretation in determining and using of their cut-off scores sometimes was not completely exact. Also, several studies have been conducted where the results were conflicting in terms of who better assessed the DFA presence - the children, their parents, or dentists.