@article{a806f933637d4c8db690c4296d60b53c,
title = "UK population norms for the modified dental anxiety scale with percentile calculator: adult dental health survey 2009 results",
abstract = "Background: A recent UK population survey of oral health included questions to assess dental anxiety to provide mean and prevalence estimates of this important psychological construct.Methods: A two-stage cluster sample was used for the survey across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The survey took place between October-December 2009, and January-April 2010. All interviewers were trained on survey procedures. Within the 7,233 households sampled there were 13,509 adults who were asked to participate in the survey and 11,382 participated (84%).Results: The scale was reliable and showed some evidence of unidimensionality. Estimated proportion of participants with high dental anxiety (cut-off score = 19) was 11.6%. Percentiles and confidence intervals were presented and can be estimated for individual patients across various age ranges and gender using an on-line tool.Conclusions: The largest reported data set on the MDAS from a representative UK sample was presented. Thescale{\textquoteright}s psychometrics is supportive for the routine assessment of patient dental anxiety to compare against a number of major demographic groups categorised by age and sex. Practitioners within the UK have a resource to estimate the rarity of a particular patient{\textquoteright}s level of dental anxiety, with confidence intervals, when using the on-line percentile calculator.",
keywords = "Dental anxiety, Representative survey, Psychometrics, Percentiles, On-line calculator",
author = "Gerry Humphris and Crawford, {John R.} and Kirsty Hill and Angela Gilbert and Ruth Freeman",
year = "2013",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1186/1472-6831-13-29",
language = "English",
volume = "13",
journal = "BMC Oral Health",
issn = "1472-6831",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
}