tailieunhanh - Báo cáo hóa học: " Some psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale with cross validation"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài: Some psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale with cross validation | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research Open Access Some psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale with cross validation Siyang Yuan1 Ruth Freeman1 Satu Lahti2 3 Ffion Lloyd-Williams4 and Gerry Humphris 5 Address 1Dental Health Research Unit Mackenzie Building Ninewells Hospital University of Dundee UK 2Department of Community Dentistry University of Oulu Finland 3Oral and Maxillo-facial Department Oulu University Hospital Oulu Finland 4Department of Public Health University of Liverpool UK and 5Health Psychology Bute Medical School University of St-Andrews UK Email Siyang Yuan - Ruth Freeman - Satu Lahti - Ffion Lloyd-Williams - Gerry Humphris - gmh4@ Corresponding author Published 25 March 2008 Received 19 November 2007 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2008 6 22 doi 1477-7525-6-22 Accepted 25 March 2008 This article is available from http content 6 1 22 2008 Yuan et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Objective To assess the factorial structure and construct validity for the Chinese version of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale MDAS . Materials and methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted in March 2006 from adults in the Beijing area. The questionnaire consisted of sections to assess for participants demographic profile and dental attendance patterns the Chinese MDAS and the anxiety items from the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale HADS . The analysis was conducted in two stages using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling. Cross validation was tested with a North West