Tıp Fakültesi Bünyesindeki Ağız ve Diş Sağlığı Birimine Başvuran Çocuklarda Sosyodemografik Faktörlerin Dental Anksiyete Üzerine Etkisi

Yıl 2008, Cilt: 6 Sayı: 3, 53 - 57, 01.12.2008

Çiğdem Elbek Çubukçu İlker Ercan

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Amaç: Bu çalışma, hastane bünyesindeki ağız ve diş sağlığı birimine başvurançocuklarda dental anksiyete ve sosyodemografik faktörlerin ilişkisini belirlemeyiamaçlamıştır. Gereç ve Yöntem: Daha önce bir diş tedavi kliniğine başvurmamış, rastlantısalolarak seçilen, 7-12 yaş arası, 305 çocuk, Dental Anksiyete Skalası DAS iledeğerlendirildi. Sosyodemografik veriler, hastalar ve ebeveynlerinden elde edildi.Bulgular: Tüm çocuklar için ortalama DAS değeri 7,7±3,1 olarak belirlendi. En yüksek ortalama DAS skoru 2,3±1,0 döner alet kullanımında kaydedilmiştir.Çocukların, işlem öncesi geliştirdikleri anksiyete ile yaşları arasındaki ilişki istatistiksel olarak anlamlıdır p

Anahtar Kelimeler

Dental anksiyete, çocuk, diş sağlığı birimi/hastane

The Effect of Socio-Demographic Factors on Dental Anxiety of Children Admitted to a Hospital-Setting Pediatric Dental Care Unit

Öz

Aim: This study aimed to determine how socio-demographical factors related todental anxiety of a sample of children who admitted to a hospital-setting dentalcare unit. Materials and Methods: A total of 305 randomly selected children aged 7-12years who did not have a history of attendance at a dental clinic before, wereevaluated for dental anxiety by the Dental Scale DAS . Socio-demographic datawere also obtained from the patients as well as the accompanying parent s .Results: The mean DAS score was determined 7.7±3.1. The highest DAS scorewas recorded for drilling 2.3±1.0 . There was statistically significant p

Anahtar Kelimeler

Dental anxiety, children, dental care unit / hospital-setting

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