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Reliability, validity and cutoff score of the Intra-Oral Injection Fear scale.
- Source :
- International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry; Mar2017, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p98-107, 10p, 4 Charts, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Background A proper assessment tool is needed to gain more knowledge about fear of intraoral injections in children. Aim The aims of this study were to evaluate the reliability and validity of the novel Intra-Oral Injection Fear scale ( IOIF-s) and to establish a cutoff score for a high level of such fear. Methods Data were obtained from two samples of 10- to 16-year-olds in Hordaland, Norway. Sample I, 1460 pupils attending elementary and high schools, provided questionnaire-based data. The survey instruments used were IOIF-s, Children's Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale ( CFSS- DS), Mutilation Questionnaire for Children ( MQ-c) and Injection phobia Scale for Children ( IS-c). Sample II was 67 patients, diagnosed with intraoral injection phobia at the Center for Odontophobia, Oral Health Center of Expertise in Western Norway-Hordaland, who provided IOIF-s data. Results Cronbach's alpha was 0.95. The IOIF-s discriminated between subjects with and without intraoral injection phobia and was associated with the other survey instruments of similar construct. Principal component analysis revealed a two-component solution, characterized as 'Contact Fear' and 'Distal Fear'. Receiver-operating characteristic ( ROC) curve indicated that a cutoff score of 38 was appropriate. Conclusion The IOIF-s showed satisfying psychometric properties in terms of reliability and validity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- FEAR of dentists
INJECTIONS
FEAR in children
TEST reliability
CHILDREN
TEST validity
ADOLESCENT psychology research
QUESTIONNAIRES
PSYCHOLOGY
BEHAVIOR
CONFIDENCE intervals
STATISTICAL correlation
FACTOR analysis
FEAR
HYPODERMIC needles
ORAL hygiene
PEDIATRIC dentistry
PHOBIAS
PROBABILITY theory
PSYCHOMETRICS
REFERENCE values
RESEARCH evaluation
STATISTICS
T-test (Statistics)
DATA analysis
VISUAL analog scale
MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques
RECEIVER operating characteristic curves
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09607439
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 121183446
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ipd.12237