Siyang Yuan|Ruth Freeman|Satu Lahti|Ffion Lloyd?Williams|Gerry Humphris
Some psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale with cross validation
Ninewells Hospital|University of Dundee|Ninewells Hospital|University of Dundee|University of Oulu|University of Liverpool|University of St Andrews
assess factorial structure construct validity chinese version modified dental anxiety scale mdasa crosssectional survey conducted march 2006 adults beijing area questionnaire consisted sections assess participants demographic profile dental attendance patterns chinese mdas anxiety items hospital anxiety depression scale hads analysis conducted two stages using confirmatory factor analysis structural equation modelling cross validation tested north west england comparison sample783 questionnaires successfully completed beijing 468 england chinese mdas consisted two factors anticipatory dental anxiety ada treatment dental anxiety tda internal consistency coefficients tau nonequivalent 074 086 respectively measurement properties virtually identical male female respondents relationships chinese mdas gender age dental attendance supported predictions significant structural parameters two subscales negative affectivity autonomic anxiety hads anxiety items two newly identified factors mdas confirmed duplicated comparison samplethe chinese version mdas good psychometric properties ability assess briefly overall dental anxiety two correlated distinct aspects