1. Interrater agreement between children’s self-reported and their mothers’ proxy-reported dental anxiety: a Chinese cross-sectional study
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Su-Wei Fu, Shen Li, Zhi-Yan Shi, and Qing-Li He
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Dental anxiety ,Factor ,Interrater agreement ,Parents ,Proxy-reported ,Children ,Dentistry ,RK1-715 - Abstract
Abstract Background Children's dental anxiety is common in dental clinics. This study aimed to determine the interrater agreement between children’s self-reported and their mothers’ proxy-reported dental anxiety and its affecting factors. Methods In this cross-sectional study performed in a dental clinic, primary school students and their mothers were assessed for enrollment eligibility. The Modified Dental Anxiety Scale plus Facial Image Scale (MDAS-FIS) was employed to test both the children’s self-reported and their mothers’ proxy-reported dental anxiety independently. The interrater agreement was analyzed using percentage agreement and the linear weighted kappa (k) coefficient. Factors affecting children’s dental anxiety were analyzed using univariate and multivariate logistic regression models. Results One hundred children and their mothers were enrolled. The median ages of the children and mothers were 8.5 and 40.0 years old, respectively, and 38.0% (38/100) of the children were female. The scores of children’s self-reported dental anxiety were significantly higher than their mothers' proxy-reported dental anxiety (MDAS-Questions 1–5, all p
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- 2023
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