| DENTAL FEAR AND ANXIETY OF JUVENILES IN SOME AREAS OF GYEONGGI PROVINCE |
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Youn-Soo Shim1, Ah-Hyeon Kim2, So-Youn An3 |
1Department of Dental Hygiene, Cheongju University,
2Department of preventive Dentistry and public Oral Health, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University
3Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Wonkwang University |
| 경기도 일부 지역 청소년들의 치과공포 및 불안에 대한 연구 |
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심연수1, 김아현2, 안소연3 |
1청주대학교 치위생학과
2연세대학교 치과대학 예방치과학교실
3원광대학교 치과대학 산본치과병원 소아치과 |
Correspondence:
So-Youn An, Tel: 031-390-2556, Email: sue1111@freechal.com
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Received: 19 October 2011 • Accepted: 5 November 2011 |
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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). |
| Key Words:
Juveniles, Dental fear, Dental anxiety |
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