Child's Behavior and its Relationship with the Level of Maternal-Child Anxiety During Dental Care
Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr
;
17(1): 3646, 13/01/2017. tab
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in English
| LILACS, BBO
| ID: biblio-914448
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To evaluate the association between child's behavior and level of maternal and child anxiety during dental care. Material andMethods:
The sample consisted of 100 children aged 6-11 years of both gender, scheduled for the first dental appointment at the dental clinic in a private school of Salvador, Brazil. The emotional reactions of patients were evaluated before the dental visit through the Venham Picture Test (VPT) instrument of anxiety evaluation. Mothers completed a specific questionnaire (Corah anxiety scale) to assess their anxiety about dental treatment. During dental care, prophylaxis and clinical examination by DMF-T and dmf-t indexes were performed. The child's behavior during the dental treatment was evaluated by the Frankl's Behavior Rating Scale. Fisher's exact test and chi-square were used to evaluate the association between variables (α = 5%).Results:
It was observed that 24.0% of children presented anxiety according to VPT. There was a significant association between level of anxiety and pain and dental caries as the main dental complaint (p <0.001), and between child's behavior and variables maternal anxiety (p = 0.01) and childhood anxiety (p <0.001).Conclusion:
It could be concluded that there was a positive association between child's non-cooperative behavior during dental care and maternal and child anxiety.
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Main subject:
Child Behavior
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Dental Anxiety
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Pediatric Dentistry
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Dental Offices
Type of study:
Evaluation studies
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr
Journal subject:
Dentistry
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Cruzeiro do Sul University/BR
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