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Attitudes to dental hygienists: evaluation of the Dental Hygienist Beliefs Survey in a Swedish population of patients and students.
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- Abrahamsson, Kajsa H., 1956 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för odontologi,Institute of Odontology
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- Stenman, Jane, 1955 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för odontologi,Institute of Odontology
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Öhrn, K (author)
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- Hakeberg, Magnus, 1954 (author)
- Jönköping University,Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för odontologi,Institute of Odontology,HHJ, Avdelningen för naturvetenskap och biomedicin,HHJ. Centrum för oral hälsa
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- Wiley, 2007
- 2007
- English.
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In: International journal of dental hygiene. - : Wiley. - 1601-5029 .- 1601-5037. ; 5:2, s. 95-102
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Abstract
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- The aim was to evaluate and test the psychometric properties of the Dental Hygienist Beliefs Survey (DHBS) in a Swedish sample of different patient groups and students. It was hypothesized that negative dental hygienist beliefs would discriminate between fearful and non-fearful study groups. The DHBS was distributed together with the revised Dental Beliefs Survey (DBS-R) and the Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS). The study sample included 394 subjects (130 students, 144 general dental patients, 90 periodontal patients and 30 patients on a waiting list for dental fear treatment). The results verified that the DHBS discriminates well between dentally fearful and non-fearful study groups. The DHBS had high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.96-0.98) in all the groups. The correlation between the DHBS and the DBS-R was high (rho = 0.82, P < 0.001). Furthermore, the DHBS correlated significantly with the DAS, as well as with a low but significant correlation to age (more negative attitudes in younger age groups) and gender (more negative attitudes amongst women). Regression analysis showed that gender and the DHBS items: 23, 16 and 28, i.e. items related to feeling helpless, worries/fears not being taken seriously and fear about 'bad news' possibly preventing treatment, were the most important predictors of dental fear. The results suggest that the DHBS may be a valid and reliable scale to use in order to assess patient's specific attitudes to dental hygienists. However, the psychometric properties including test-retest analysis and the underlying factor structure of the DHBS need to be further explored.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Odontologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Dentistry (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Attitude
- Dental Anxiety
- psychology
- Dental Hygienists
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Manifest Anxiety Scale
- Middle Aged
- Professional-Patient Relations
- Psychological Tests
- Psychometrics
- Questionnaires
- Sex Factors
- Sweden
- Adult
Publication and Content Type
- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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