title: Dentistry students ageing anxiety levels in northern Iran.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Ageing anxiety as a specific subtype of anxiety disorder has been considered as a moderating factor on healthcare providers' professional task dealing with the elders.
  
  
  METHODS
  A Persian translation of Ageing Anxiety Scale (AAS) (Int J Aging Hum Dev, 37, 1993, 247) was administered to the university students of a dentistry school located at northern Iran. The questionnaire consisted of twenty-five-point Likert-scale questions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The obtained mean score of ageing anxiety was 58.51 (±9.85), (out of a possible 100), and the questionnaire revealed a good level of internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.76). The results did not differ by gender (p = 0.22), between undergraduate or postgraduate students (p = 0.81), various postgraduate disciplines (p = 0.69), residing with an elder at home (p = 0.18) and length of time living with an elder (p = 0.81).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Persian translation of AAS showed a good level of internal consistency. The selected population with educational attainment in this research revealed a moderate ageing anxiety level.
authors.affiliation: Dentistry Student Research Committee (DSRC), Dental Materials Research Center, Dentistry School, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Mazandaran Province, Iran.
authors.forename: Arash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poorsattar Bejeh Mir
authors.forename: Morvarid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poorsattar Bejeh Mir
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D004499:Education, Dental, Graduate; D004522:Educational Status; D005239:Fear / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000067029:Physical Appearance, Body; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D013335:Students, Dental / Q000523:psychology*