Aizhen Guo, Hua Jin, Jianbo Mao, Weihong Zhu, Ye Zhou, Xuhua Ge, Dehua Yu
Impact of health literacy and social support on medication adherence in patients with hypertension: a cross-sectional community-based study
BMC cardiovascular disorders
aim study examine validity reliability comdas combined dental anxiety scale indicator childrens perceived dental anxiety investigate effect age gender socioeconomic factors dental anxiety total 258 children aged 8 12 years visited dentist randomly selected three different socioeconomic status groups new scale developed combining cdas corahs dental anxiety scale fis facial imaging scale named comdas original cdas used validation high correlation cdas comdas r 069 lowest correlation 8yearold children r 046 however mean difference scales age group statistically significant p 005 comdas scores showed statistical difference according gender whereas significant difference according age socioeconomic status p 0001 cases comdas used study may use communities children families limited literacy skills understanding modern dental procedures may influenced nonqualified dental practice