[Dental fear scores of 12-19-year-old school children of the Hungarian minority in Transylvania].
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.
Markovics
Emese
E
Semmelweis Egyetem Budapest, Fogpótlástani Klinika.
Markovics
Peter
P
Fabian
Gabor
G
Vértes
Gabriella
G
Fábián
Tibor Károly
TK
Fejérdy
Pal
P
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*