en کودکان Pediatric Dentistry پژوهشي Research <p> <strong>Purpose:</strong> To validate a dental anxiety scale with a cognitive component for use in children and adolescents. </p><p> <strong>Methods:</strong> A total of 439 children (≥ 6 years old) were evaluated. For each child, 2 operators each assessed using the Abeer Children Dental Anxiety Scale (ACDAS) at visit-1, and the chief investigator also assessed using the Child Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS) at visit-1 and using the ACDAS 2 weeks later. A sample of 274 children was assessed for external validity. </p><p> <strong>Results:</strong> A receiver operating characteristic curve showed that the cutoff 26 gave the optimal results for sensitivity (96%, 95% confidence interval [CI]=81.7~99.9) and specificity (66%, 95% CI=57.4~73.8), with an area under the curve of 0.80 (95% CI=0.73~0.87). ACDAS had substantial to almost perfect intra- and inter examiner reliability along with good concurrent validity (r=0.77) and discriminative validity (r=0.79). For convergent validity, ACDAS had a significant relationship between the Dental Anxiety (DA) scores and cognitive status P<.001. Cronbach's alpha (α) was 0.90, which indicated good internal consistency. The external validity results indicated that the scale was generalizable. </p><p> <strong>Conclusions:</strong> The Abeer Children Dental Anxiety Scale is a valid cognitive scale to measure dental anxiety, and it encompasses the required criteria to be regarded as the gold standard among dental anxiety scales. </p><hr><p></p><p> <strong>Source: </strong>Journal of American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry </p><p><a href="http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aapd/pd/2012/00000034/00000007/art00019jsessionid=4o0gn22f62csr.alice" target="_blank"><font color="#0033ff"> Full Text</font></a></p> CHILDREN; DENTAL; ANXIETY; SCALES; COGNITION 0 0 http://idai.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-32-933&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Abeer Al-Namankany abeer.alnamankany.09@ucl.ac.uk 10031947532846004070 10031947532846004070 Yes King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Paul Ashley 10031947532846004071 10031947532846004071 No University College London, Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK Aviva Petrie 10031947532846004072 10031947532846004072 No University College London, Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK