Table 2.
Frequency of exhibited behavior according to North Carolina (NC) behavior rating scale.
| Evaluation time | Group | Quiet n (%) |
Annoyed n (%) |
Upset n (%) |
Wild n (%) |
P value¶ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child arrival | Syrup EF |
0 (0) 0 (0) |
27 (61.4) 28 (63.6) |
14 (31.8) 10 (22.7) |
3 (6.8) 6 (13.6) |
P = 0.43 |
|
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| Injection | Syrup EF |
17 (38.6) 21 (41.7) |
20 (45.5) 17 (38.6) |
7 (15.9) 6 (13.6) |
0 (0) 1 (2.3) |
P = 0.52 |
|
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| Cavity preparation | Syrup EF |
24 (54.5) 19 (43.2) |
14 (31.8) 16 (36.4) |
6 (13.6) 7 (15.9) |
0 (0) 2 (4.5) |
P = 0.23 |
|
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| Total | 88 | 43 (48.9) | 31 (35.2) | 12 (13.6) | 2 (2.3) | |
¶Friedman test.