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Home Objective and subjective measures for assessing anxiety in paediatric dental patients

Objective and subjective measures for assessing anxiety in paediatric dental patients

Authors:

  • F. Guinot Jimeno
    Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
  • S. Yuste Bielsa
    Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
  • C. Cuadros Fern ndez
    Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
  • A. I. Lorente Rodrguez
    Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
  • M. Mercad Bellido
    Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

ABSTRACT


Aim

Anxiety has been defined as a nonspecific feeling of apprehension towards a concrete situation that does
not necessarily involve a previous experience. Dental anxiety can prevent patients from cooperating fully during dental
treatment. Given that there is a connection between dental anxiety and uncooperative behaviour, it is important for dentists to
be able to assess anxiety in their patients. There are many methods for such assessment, and in children they depend on
age and intellectual development. These measures can be objective or subjective, depending on the method used to quantify
the degree of anxiety. The aim of this literature review was to analyse the objective and subjective scales that are used most
commonly to assess the degree of anxiety of children in a dental setting.

Conclusion

Knowing the degree of anxiety of
dental children is important in order to guide them through their dental experience. Their level of cooperation will also
improve and anxiety will be reduced as well.

PLUMX METRICS

Publication date:

Dec /2011

Keywords:

behaviour observation, emotional distress, physiological and behavioural measures, psychologically upset

Issue:

Vol.12 – n.4/2011

Page:

239 – 244

Publisher:

Ariesdue

Cite:


Harvard: F. Guinot Jimeno, S. Yuste Bielsa, C. Cuadros Fern ndez, A. I. Lorente Rodrguez, M. Mercad Bellido (2011) "Objective and subjective measures for assessing anxiety in paediatric dental patients", European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 12(4), pp239-244. doi:
Vancouver: F. Guinot Jimeno, S. Yuste Bielsa, C. Cuadros Fern ndez, A. I. Lorente Rodrguez, M. Mercad Bellido. Objective and subjective measures for assessing anxiety in paediatric dental patients. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry [Internet]. 2011Dec.1 [cited 2023May.31];12(4):239-244. Available from: https://www.ejpd.eu/abstract-pubmed/objective-and-subjective-measures-for-assessing-anxiety-in-paediatric-dental-patients/
MLA: F. Guinot Jimeno, S. Yuste Bielsa, C. Cuadros Fern ndez, A. I. Lorente Rodrguez, M. Mercad Bellido Objective and subjective measures for assessing anxiety in paediatric dental patients. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 2011;12(4):239-244

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