Table A1.
Frequencies and percentages of the answers given per item of the CDAS [26] scale.
| Frequency | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. If you had to go to the dentist tomorrow, how would you feel? | ||
| (a) I would be a little uneasy about it. | 3 | 25.0 |
| (b) I would be afraid that it would be unpleasant and painful. | 7 | 58.3 |
| (c) I would be very frightened of what the dentist would do. | 2 | 16.7 |
| Total | 12 | 100.0 |
| 2. While you are waiting at the dentists for you turn in the dental chair, do you feel? | ||
| (a) A little uneasy | 2 | 16.7 |
| (b) Tense | 7 | 58.3 |
| (c) Anxious | 2 | 16.7 |
| (d) So anxious that I sometimes break out in a sweat or almost feel physically sick | 1 | 8.3 |
| Total | 12 | 100.0 |
| 3. While you are in the dentist’s chair while he gets his drill ready to begin work on your teeth, how do you feel? | ||
| (a) A little uneasy | 2 | 16.7 |
| (b) Tense | 5 | 41.7 |
| (c) Anxious | 4 | 33.3 |
| (d) So anxious that I sometimes break out in a sweat or almost feel physically sick | 1 | 8.3 |
| Total | 12 | 100.0 |
| 4. You are in the dentist’s chair to have your teeth cleaned. While you are waiting and the dentist is getting out the instruments he will use to scrape your teeth around your gums how do you feel? | ||
| (a) A little uneasy | 3 | 25.0 |
| (b) Tense | 2 | 16.7 |
| (c) Anxious | 4 | 33.3 |
| (d) So anxious that I sometimes break out in a sweat or almost feel physically sick | 3 | 25.0 |
| Total | 12 | 100.0 |