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KMID : 0358920110380040362
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Journal of the Korean Academy of Pedodontics
2011 Volume.38 No. 4 p.362 ~ p.367
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DENTAL FEAR AND ANXIETY OF JUVENILES IN SOME AREAS OF GYEONGGI PROVINCE
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Shim Youn-Soo
Kim Ah-Hyeon
An So-Youn
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Abstract
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The objective of this study is to measure the fear and anxiety levels of some middle school students in Gyeonggi Province, to analyze the relevant factors, to seek how to alleviate such fear and anxiety and thus enable to make a comfortable and efficient oral management. Six hundred twenty two middle school students in Gyeonggi Province participated in the survey, which used the data of 614 respondents, i.e. 337 males and 277 females. A frequency analysis was conducted to determine the distribution of answers for each question, a crosstabulation analysis was performed to verify the gender differences in answer and an Mann-whitney U test was used to compare fear scores. According to the results patients feared even in unexpected circumstances. In addition, they feared when receiving direct treatment. In terms of gender, female students showed higher levels of fear than male ones (p<0.05).
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KEYWORD
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Juveniles, Dental fear, Dental anxiety
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