title: Assessment for the children's fear survey schedule-dental subscale.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Child dental fear causes a significant management problem. The Children's Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS) is the most widely used measure of dental fear in children. This study was undertaken to develop and test reliability and validity for the Arabic version of the CFSS-DS.
  
  
  METHODS
  the English CFSS-DS was translated to Arabic language and its reliability and validity were evaluated by distributing it to 6-12 year old Arabic pediatric dental patients (n=220). Of whom 144 children were assigned for test- retest reliability. To test criterion validity; 44 children were subjected to behavior rating during treatment and compared with their CFSS-DS. Fear of returning to the dentist was evaluated for all the children to test construct validity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the Arabic version of the CFSS-DS showed good internal consistency (alpha = 0.86) and test-retest reliability (0.86, P<0.001). Treatment with or without local anesthesia did not affect the children's behavior or fear scores. Significant correlations were found between total fear scores and both Frankl rating scale (r=-0.54, p<0.001) and willingness to return to the dentist (r=0.50, p<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the Arabic version of the CFSS-DS appears to be a reliable and valid method for evaluating child's dental fear in Arabic cultures.
authors: Pediatric Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Egypt Preventive Dental Sciences Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors: Aa
authors: A
authors: El-Housseiny
authors: Preventive Dental Sciences Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors: Nm
authors: N
authors: Farsi
authors: Preventive Dental Sciences Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors: Nm
authors: N
authors: Alamoudi
authors: Preventive Dental Sciences Department Preventive Dental Sciences Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors: Sm
authors: S
authors: Bagher
authors: Public Health and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University Preventive Dental Sciences Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: El Derwi
mesh_terms: D000766:Anesthesia, Dental / Q000523:psychology; D000772:Anesthesia, Local / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D016854:Dental Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003729:Dental Care / Q000523:psychology; D003777:Dental Prophylaxis / Q000523:psychology; D003793:Dental Restoration, Permanent / Q000523:psychology; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008877:Middle East; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012390:Root Canal Therapy / Q000523:psychology; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000523:psychology; D014177:Translations
keywords: Arabic version; CFSS-DS; Fear; Fear Survey behavior; anxiety; children; reliability; validity