Evaluating a single dental anxiety question in Finnish adults

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 236-240

  Viinikangas, Aki ^a   Lahti, Satu ^a,b   Yuan, Siyang ^c   Pietilä, Ilpo ^d   Freeman, Ruth ^c   Humphris, Gerry ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d Pori Health Center   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental fear; Questionnaire; Sensitivity; Specificity; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED DENTAL ANXIETY SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENTAL ANXIETY; DENTAL CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34548317593     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350701395932     Document Type: Article

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