Translation and Cultural Adaptation of the Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale - Faces (MCDASf) into Brazilian Portuguese
Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr
; 22: e200255, 2022. tab, graf
Article
in En
| LILACS, BBO
| ID: biblio-1422274
Responsible library:
BR1264.1
ABSTRACT
Abstract Objective:
To translate and culturally adapt the Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale - Faces (MCDASf) into Brazilian Portuguese. Material andMethods:
The MCDASf consists of eight questions about anxiety toward dental procedures that are answered on a five-point Likert scale ranging from "not worried" (1 point) to "very worried" (5 points). The answers correspond to a scale of face drawings ranging from extremely negative to extremely positive. The process consisted of initial translation, back-translation, expert committee review, and pretesting.Results:
The first revised version was applied to 32 children aged 5 to 12 years, 16 from the city of Governador Valadares, Brazil (southeastern region) and 16 from the city of Pelotas, Brazil (southern region). In the first pretest, Item 5 was misunderstood by 6.25% of children in the southern region; Item 6 by 6.25% in both regions; Items 7 and 8 by 87.5% and 100% of those from the southeastern region, respectively, and by 12.5% and 25% of those from the southern region, respectively. Items 7 and 8 were modified by the expert committee, and the second revised version was applied to 32 children, 16 from each region. The only misunderstood items were 4 and 5, both by a 7-year-old boy in Governador Valadares.Conclusion:
The Brazilian Portuguese version of the MCDASf was well understood by the sample of children (AU).Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
BBO
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LILACS
Main subject:
Translations
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Cross-Cultural Comparison
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Dental Anxiety
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Brasil
Language:
En
Journal:
Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr
Journal subject:
ODONTOLOGIA
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Country of publication:
Brazil