@article {Humphris:January 2007:1355-7610:7,
author = "Humphris, Gerry M.",
author = "Hull, P.",
title = "Do Dental Anxiety Questionnaires Raise Anxiety in Dentally Anxious Adult Patients? A Two-Wave Panel Study",
journal = "Primary Dental Care",
volume = "14",
year = "January 2007",
abstract = "Objective: To test whether or not dentally anxious patients attending the dentist for an appointment become more anxious when completing a dental anxiety questionnaire.Basic research design: Patients were initially screened to include only those who were dentally anxious. A pre- and post-test was planned with the completion of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) questionnaire as the intervention.Clinical setting: Two dental access centres in the North West of England.Participants: Initially, 583 patients were screened. Of these, 182 (31%) were found to be dentally anxious and were recruited into the study.Main outcome measures: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Scale Short Form.Results: State anxiety did not change with the completion of the MDAS questionnaire in either designated dental phobics (MDAS ≥19) or those classified as non-phobics (MDAS <19).Conclusions: The MDAS can be used to assess dental anxiety without raising anxiety in patients with or without self-reported dental phobia.",
pages = "7-11(5)",
url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/fgdp/pdc/2007/00000014/00000001/art00004"
doi = "doi:10.1308/135576107779398165"
}