Cognitive ability and dental fear and anxiety
Cognitive ability and dental fear and anxiety
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DOI：
10.1111/eos.12028
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发表时间：
2013-04-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Dahllof, Goran
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作者：
Blomqvist, My;Ek, Ulla;Dahllof, Goran
牙科恐惧和焦虑（DFA）以及牙科行为管理问题在儿童和青少年中很常见。儿童的几个心理因素，以及父母的DFA，已经被研究并发现与儿童的DFA相关。本研究的目的是探讨认知能力和DFA之间的关系，在人口为基础的一组儿童确定的行为和学习问题。结合牙科检查在11岁，70名儿童进行了评估，关于DFA使用儿童的恐惧调查表牙科分量表（CFSS-DS），他们的认知能力进行了评估，使用韦氏儿童智力量表。此外，父母DFA使用Corah牙科焦虑量表进行测量。结果表明，DFA与言语智商（IQ）呈显著相关，而与其他认知指标无显著相关。父母DFA和儿童DFA之间存在显著相关性。结果表明，儿童的语言能力可能是一个重要的因素，在解释儿童牙科恐惧。
Dental fear and anxiety (DFA), as well as dental behavior management problems, are common in children and adolescents. Several psychological factors in the child, and parental DFA, have been studied and found to correlate to the child's DFA. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between cognitive ability and DFA in a population-based group of children with identified behavior and learning problems. In conjunction with a dental examination at 11yr of age, 70 children were assessed with regard to DFA using the Children's Fear Survey Schedule Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS), and their cognitive ability was assessed using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children. In addition, parental DFA was measured using the Corah Dental Anxiety Scale. The results revealed that DFA was significantly correlated to verbal intelligence quotient (IQ) but not to any other cognitive index. A significant correlation was found between parental DFA and child DFA. The results indicate that the child's verbal capacity may be one factor of importance in explaining dental fear in children.