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Table 1 Comparison of mean Student Dental Clinic MDAS scores with normative samples from different geographical locations

From: Dental anxiety in patients attending a student dental clinic

 

Belfast (200)

Dubai (200)

Helsinki (200)

Jvaskyla (194)

All samples to the left (794)

Student Dental Clinic (102)

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Visiting Tomorrow

2.43

1.42

1.66

0.82

1.72

0.91

1.81

1.00

1.91

1.11

1.88

1.14

Waiting Room

2.44

1.35

1.81

1.01

1.80

0.93

1.94

1.02

1.99

1.12

1.92

1.15

Tooth Drilled

2.92

1.48

2.29

1.28

2.25

1.12

2.51

1.23

2.49

1.31

2.61

1.23

Scale and Polish

1.90

1.35

2.27

1.08

1.87

1.04

1.84

0.99

1.96

1.09

1.89

1.18

LA Injection

2.76

1.45

2.83

1.18

1.81

0.65

2.44

1.21

2.45

1.23

2.46

1.34

MDAS

12.40

5.98

10.90

4.28

9.44

3.91

10.54

4.65

11.27

5.07

10.76

5.06

Percentage scoring 19 or above

19.50%

6.00%

3.00%

8.80%

9.30%

9.90%

Cronbach’s Alpha

0.90

0.86

0.89

0.88

0.89

0.89

  1. Adapted from: Humphris et al. [25]