Table 1.
Comparison of mean Student Dental Clinic MDAS scores with normative samples from different geographical locations
| Belfast (200) | Dubai (200) | Helsinki (200) | Jvaskyla (194) | All samples to the left (794) | Student Dental Clinic (102) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Visiting Tomorrow | 2.43 | 1.42 | 1.66 | 0.82 | 1.72 | 0.91 | 1.81 | 1.00 | 1.91 | 1.11 | 1.88 | 1.14 |
| Waiting Room | 2.44 | 1.35 | 1.81 | 1.01 | 1.80 | 0.93 | 1.94 | 1.02 | 1.99 | 1.12 | 1.92 | 1.15 |
| Tooth Drilled | 2.92 | 1.48 | 2.29 | 1.28 | 2.25 | 1.12 | 2.51 | 1.23 | 2.49 | 1.31 | 2.61 | 1.23 |
| Scale and Polish | 1.90 | 1.35 | 2.27 | 1.08 | 1.87 | 1.04 | 1.84 | 0.99 | 1.96 | 1.09 | 1.89 | 1.18 |
| LA Injection | 2.76 | 1.45 | 2.83 | 1.18 | 1.81 | 0.65 | 2.44 | 1.21 | 2.45 | 1.23 | 2.46 | 1.34 |
| MDAS | 12.40 | 5.98 | 10.90 | 4.28 | 9.44 | 3.91 | 10.54 | 4.65 | 11.27 | 5.07 | 10.76 | 5.06 |
| Percentage scoring 19 or above | 19.50% | 6.00% | 3.00% | 8.80% | 9.30% | 9.90% | ||||||
| Cronbach’s Alpha | 0.90 | 0.86 | 0.89 | 0.88 | 0.89 | 0.89 | ||||||
Adapted from: Humphris et al. [25]