title: [Dental fear scores of 12-19-year-old school children of the Hungarian minority in Transylvania].
abstract: In this study 549 school children of the Hungarian minority in Transylvania were investigated (n=549, 342 female, 207 male, age between: 12-19 years). Mean dental fear scores were high: DAS: 12.6 +/- 3.3, DFS: 50.6 +/- 25.1. Girls scored significantly higher (p< or =0.01) in both scales. Scores increased between age of 12 and 16 confluently in both scales (DAS, DFS; p< or =0.05). There was a strong Pearson's correlation between DAS and DFS scales: (r= 0.70; p< or =0.01), and a somewhat lower correlation between these scales and the general anxiety scores. Mean DBS score (n = 203 only) was: 44.9 +/- 10.2.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis Egyetem Budapest, Fogpótlástani Klinika.
authors.forename: Emese
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Markovics
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Markovics
authors.forename: Gabor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fabian
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vértes
authors.forename: Tibor Károly
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Fábián
authors.forename: Pal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fejérdy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008297:Male; D008347:Manifest Anxiety Scale; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*