Open AccessCross-Cultural Adaptation of Kannada Version of Modified Dental Anxiety Scale Among an Adult Indian Population
Author(s) -
Gaurav Gupta,
Namita Shanbhag,
Manjunath P Puranik
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/12675.6469
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , anxiety , convergent validity , construct validity , scale (ratio) , medicine , clinical psychology , population , reliability (semiconductor) , psychology , psychometrics , psychiatry , environmental health , internal consistency , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Dental anxiety is one of the most common barriers in seeking dental care. In order to overcome this barrier dentist need to screen patients to successfully help in treatment. A scale is thus needed to measure dental anxiety which is socially & culturally acceptable.