[Establishment and evaluation of a scale method for rating children's behavior in dental clinic in China].
OBJECTIVE
To establish and evaluate a scale method for rating children's behavior in dental clinic in China.


METHODS
DV records were taken for 210 children under 8-year-old, who visited the department of pediatric dentistry of Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology during Jun to Aug in 2004. The Venham's clinic anxiety rating scale and cooperative behavior rating scale were translated into Chinese, and modified according to these records. Twenty-four pieces of records were selected randomly, and 11 pediatric dentists and assistants assessed the child behavior in the 24 records. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Spearman's correlation coefficient (SCC), which denoted inter-rater reliability and intra-rater reliability, were calculated.


RESULTS
The ICC was 0.929 and the SCC was 0.963.


CONCLUSIONS
The scale has good inter-rater reliability and excellent intra-rater reliability, and it is competent for rating the children's behavior in dental clinic in China.
Xia
Bin
B
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing 100081, China. summerinbeijing@vip.sina.com
Wang
Chun-li
CL
Han
Ye
Y
Ge
Li-hong
LH
D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China; D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D003815:Dentists / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010377:Pediatric Dentistry; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy