Some psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale with cross validation.

Yuan, Siyang, Freeman, Ruth ORCID: 0000-0002-8733-1253, Lahti, Satu ORCID: 0000-0003-3457-4611, Lloyd-Williams, Ffion and Humphris, Gerry ORCID: 0000-0002-4601-8834 (2008) Some psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale with cross validation. Health and quality of life outcomes, 6 (1). 22-.

PDF 712.pdf - Unspecified Available under License Creative Commons Attribution. Download (337kB)

Abstract

<h4>Objective</h4>To assess the factorial structure and construct validity for the Chinese version of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS).<h4>Materials and methods</h4>A cross-sectional survey was conducted in March 2006 from adults in the Beijing area. The questionnaire consisted of sections to assess for participants' demographic profile and dental attendance patterns, the Chinese MDAS and the anxiety items from the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). The analysis was conducted in two stages using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling. Cross validation was tested with a North West of England comparison sample.<h4>Results</h4>783 questionnaires were successfully completed from Beijing, 468 from England. The Chinese MDAS consisted of two factors: anticipatory dental anxiety (ADA) and treatment dental anxiety (TDA). Internal consistency coefficients (tau non-equivalent) were 0.74 and 0.86 respectively. Measurement properties were virtually identical for male and female respondents. Relationships of the Chinese MDAS with gender, age and dental attendance supported predictions. Significant structural parameters between the two sub-scales (negative affectivity and autonomic anxiety) of the HADS anxiety items and the two newly identified factors of the MDAS were confirmed and duplicated in the comparison sample.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The Chinese version of the MDAS has good psychometric properties and has the ability to assess, briefly, overall dental anxiety and two correlated but distinct aspects.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Published: 25 March 2008. 11 pages (page number not for citation purposes).
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Humans, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Statistics, Nonparametric, Reproducibility of Results, Dental Anxiety, Manifest Anxiety Scale, Psychometrics, Adolescent, Adult, Middle Aged, China, Female, Male, Self-Assessment, Surveys and Questionnaires
Subjects:	?? RK ?? ?? RA0421 ??
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Population Health
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	10 Nov 2008 16:34
Last Modified:	16 Mar 2024 07:52
DOI:	10.1186/1477-7525-6-22
Publisher's Statement :	© 2008 Yuan et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Related URLs:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/712