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Reliability and validity of artificial intelligence-based innovative digital scale for the assessment of anxiety in children

Authors:

  • R. M. Shetty
    Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Dentistry, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE - Center of Medical and Bio-allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University - Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research (Declared as Deemed-to-be University) Wardha, Maharashtra, India
  • T. Walia
    Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Dentistry, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE - Center of Medical and Bio-allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University
  • O. T. S. Osman
    Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Dentistry, Ajman University, Ajman, UAE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23804/ejpd.2024.1937

ABSTRACT


Aim

To assess the reliability and validity of an AI-based, innovative digital scale for the assessment of dental anxiety in children.

Background

Dental anxiety still persists as a potential problem in managing the child in the dental office. There is a need to develop a gold standard scale to measure anxiety in children incorporating newer technology. An innovative self-reported scale known as RMSDigital Anxiety Scale (RMS-DAS) incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) was developed.

Methods

Seventy-six children (aged 4–12 years) were included in the reliability group. The RMS-DAS test score was recorded on Day 1 where the child was asked to click on the expression produced by AI that matches his/her anxiety level the most at that moment. RMS-DAS retest score was recorded after 7 days. The validity group included 140 children. The anxiety scores were recorded using three scales; RMS-DAS, RMS-Pictorial Scale (RMS-PS) and Facial Image Scale (FIS) during the same visit where the child was asked to click on the expression that matches his/her anxiety level the most at that moment. Reliability was assessed by the internal consistency using Cronbach’s alpha and the test-retest was assessed using paired t-test, scatterplot, and coefficient correlation. The validity of RMS-DAS was assessed by correlating it with RMS-PS and FIS using Spearman’s correlation coefficient.

Results

The internal consistency of RMS-DAS was highly reliable (α=0.810). A strong correlation existed between the test-retest scores (r=0.7). There was a strong correlation when RMS-DAS was compared with RMS-PS (r=0.73) and FIS (r=0.76).

Conclusion

RMS-DAS is a reliable and valid scale that can be used as a new digital tool to assess children’s dental anxiety.

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Publication date:

January /2024

Publisher:

Ariesdue

Topic:

Dental Fear and Anxiety

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Harvard: R. M. Shetty, T. Walia, O. T. S. Osman (2024) "Reliability and validity of artificial intelligence-based innovative digital scale for the assessment of anxiety in children", European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, (), pp1-. doi: 10.23804/ejpd.2024.1937
Vancouver: R. M. Shetty, T. Walia, O. T. S. Osman. Reliability and validity of artificial intelligence-based innovative digital scale for the assessment of anxiety in children. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry [Internet]. 2024Jan.10 [cited 2025Jun.19];():1-. Available from: https://www.ejpd.eu/abstract-pubmed/reliability-and-validity-of-artificial-intelligence-based-innovative-digital-scale-for-the-assessment-of-anxiety-in-children/
MLA: R. M. Shetty, T. Walia, O. T. S. Osman Reliability and validity of artificial intelligence-based innovative digital scale for the assessment of anxiety in children. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 2024;():1-

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