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The modified dental anxiety scale: UK general public population norms in 2008 with further psychometrics and effects of age

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Humphris, Gerry M, Dyer, Tom A, Robinson, Peter G·2009·BMC Oral Health
DOI 10.1186/1472-6831-9-20PMC PMC2743651
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BACKGROUND: The Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) is a brief, self-complete questionnaire consisting of five questions and summed together to produce a total score ranging from 5 to 25. It has reasonable psychometric properties, low instrumental effects and can be integrated into everyday dental practice as a clinical aid and screen for dental anxiety. The objectives were to (i) produce confirmatory evidence of reliability and validity for the MDAS, (ii) provide up-to-date UK representative norms for the general public to enable clinicians to compare their patients' scores, (iii) to determine the nature of the relationship between dental anxiety and age. METHODS: Telephone survey of a representative quota sample of 1000 UK adults (>18 years of age) conducted between 7-21 April, 2008. RESULTS: Attrition of potential participants was high in the recruitment process, although bias was minimal. Estimated proportion of participants with high dental anxiety (cut-off score = 19) was 11.6%. Dental anxiety was four times greater in the youngest age group (18-39 yrs) compared to older participants (60+ yrs), controlling for sex, social class and self-reported dental visiting behaviour confirming previous developed-world reports. CONCLUSION: The scale's psychometrics is supportive for the routine assessment of patient dental anxiety to compare against a number of major demographic groups categorised by age and sex. Dental anxiety was high in younger compared to older people.

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Authors
Humphris, G. M., Dyer, T. A., & Robinson, P. G.
Affiliations
  • University of St Andrews (GB)
  • University of Sheffield (GB)
Corresponding author
Humphris, Gerry M
ORCID
Venue
BMC Oral Health
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2009-08-26
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
20-20
ISSN
1472-6831 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1186/1472-6831-9-20
PMC
PMC2743651
OpenAlex
W2024852213
Cited by
270
References
33
Citations by year
2026: 26 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 7
FWCI
6.46
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • BMC Oral Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • St Andrews Research Repository (St Andrews Research Repository) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Dentistry › Oral Surgery › Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Health Sciences › Dentistry › General Dentistry › Dental Health and Care Utilization
Keywords
Modified Dental Anxiety Scale, dental anxiety, psychometric validation, reference values, age differences, anxiety screening, questionnaire reliability and validity, general population, young adults, older adults

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