Validation of the dental fear scale and the dental belief survey in a Norwegian sample

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 160-164

  Kvale, Gerd ^a   Berg, Einar ^a   Nilsen, Casper Meyer ^a   Raadal, Magne ^a   Nielsen, Geir Høstmark ^a   Johnsen, Tom Backer ^a   Wormnes, Bjørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

DBS; Dental fear; DFS; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; NORWAY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031112390     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1997.tb00915.x     Document Type: Review

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