Table 2.
Children’s dental anxiety in the Chinese version CFSS-DS
| Items | Total (N=1061) | |||||
| Not afraid | A little afraid | Fairly afraid | Quite afraid | Very afraid | ||
| 1 | Dentists | 461 (43.44%) | 324 (30.54%) | 131 (12.35%) | 65 (6.13%) | 80 (7.54%) |
| 2 | Doctors | 528 (49.76%) | 290 (27.33%) | 94 (8.86%) | 65 (6.13%) | 84 (7.92%) |
| 3 | Injections | 268 (25.26%) | 281 (26.48%) | 199 (18.76%) | 144 (13.57%) | 169 (15.93%) |
| 4 | Having someone examine your mouth | 519 (48.92%) | 334 (31.48%) | 163 (15.36%) | 27 (2.54%) | 18 (1.70%) |
| 5 | Having to open your mouth | 741 (69.84%) | 192 (18.10%) | 97 (9.14%) | 15 (1.41%) | 16 (1.51%) |
| 6 | Having a stranger touch you | 262 (24.69%) | 299 (28.18%) | 243 (22.90%) | 136 (12.82%) | 121 (11.40%) |
| 7 | Having somebody look at you | 504 (47.50%) | 293 (27.62%) | 187 (17.62%) | 62 (5.84%) | 15 (1.41%) |
| 8 | Dentist drilling | 109 (10.27%) | 203 (19.13%) | 252 (23.75%) | 241 (22.71%) | 256 (24.13%) |
| 9 | Sight of the dentist drilling | 431 (40.62%) | 237 (22.33%) | 183 (17.25%) | 134 (12.63%) | 76 (7.16%) |
| 10 | Noise of the dentist drilling | 369 (34.78%) | 303 (28.56%) | 154 (14.51%) | 90 (8.48%) | 145 (13.67%) |
| 11 | Having somebody put instruments in your mouth | 416 (39.21%) | 237 (22.34%) | 175 (16.49%) | 113 (10.65%) | 120 (11.31%) |
| 12 | Choking | 351 (33.08%) | 313 (29.50%) | 119 (11.22%) | 156 (14.70%) | 122 (11.50%) |
| 13 | Having to go to the hospital | 454 (42.79%) | 308 (29.03%) | 204 (19.23%) | 29 (2.73%) | 66 (6.22%) |
| 14 | People in white uniforms | 649 (61.17%) | 157 (14.80%) | 147 (13.85%) | 76 (7.16%) | 32 (3.02%) |
| 15 | Having the nurse clean your teeth | 582 (54.86%) | 149 (14.04%) | 175 (16.49%) | 69 (6.50%) | 86 (8.11%) |
N=total number of children.
CFSS-DS, Children’s Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale.