Table 6.
Dental Fear Survey | |||||
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Avoidance/anticipatory fearb | Fear of specific dental stimulib | Physiological arousalb | Total scoreb | DFS Item #20c | |
FPQ‐9 | |||||
Severe | 0.22a | 0.32a | 0.22a | 0.28a | 0.19a |
Minor | 0.28a | 0.33a | 0.25a | 0.31a | 0.20a |
Medical | 0.45a | 0.57a | 0.43a | 0.53a | 0.41a |
Total | 0.38a | 0.49a | 0.36a | 0.45a | 0.33a |
FPQ‐III | |||||
Severe | 0.21a | 0.30a | 0.21a | 0.26a | 0.10a |
Minor | 0.32a | 0.31a | 0.24a | 0.32a | 0.22a |
Medical | 0.45a | 0.57a | 0.37a | 0.52a | 0.35a |
Total | 0.39a | 0.47a | 0.33a | 0.44a | 0.26a |
FPQ‐9, Fear of Pain Questionnaire – 9; FPQ‐III, Fear of Pain Questionnaire – III; DFS, Dental Fear Survey.
p < 0.01.
n = 177 undergraduates; data missing for 13 undergraduates.
n = 288 (100 chronic pain patients and 188 undergraduates; data missing for two participants).