Short-Forms of the Brazilian Children's Experiences of Dental Anxiety Measure (CEDAM): Development and Initial Evaluation.

IF 2.3 3区医学 Q2 DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE

International journal of paediatric dentistry Pub Date : 2025-06-12 DOI:10.1111/ipd.13326

Lucas Daniel da Silva Faria, Brenda Soares Ribeiro, Julia Henriques Lamarca Dos Santos, Taís de Souza Barbosa

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Abstract

Background: Dental anxiety can be measured by self-report instruments. The Children's Experiences of Dental Anxiety Measure (CEDAM) is a 14-item measure of dental anxiety. A short form would be useful to reduce application time and financial costs of data collection.

Aims: To develop the short-forms of the Brazilian CEDAM to facilitate its use and to evaluate their psychometric properties using item impact and regression methods.

Design: The sample consisted of 80 9-12-year-old schoolchildren. The item impact method selected the eight items with the highest impact score and multiplied the frequency of individuals by the mean score of the item. The regression method considered the total score as the dependent variable and the individual item scores as independent variables. Content, Criterion, Construct Validity, and Reliability were tested.

Results: The methods identified 4 common questions. Short-forms showed a floor effect, and the impact method had a ceiling effect (Content Validity). Short-form scores positively correlated with the CEDAM (Criterion Validity) and the Children's Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS) scores (Correlational Construct Validity). High fearful children (CFSS-DS ≥ 32) had higher short-form scores than their counterparts (Discriminant Construct Validity). Short-forms showed to be reliable (Cronbach's α > 0.80).

Conclusions: Short-forms of the Brazilian CEDAM demonstrated satisfactory validity and reliability.

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巴西儿童牙科焦虑体验测量（CEDAM）的简短形式：发展和初步评价。

背景：牙齿焦虑可以通过自我报告工具进行测量。儿童牙科焦虑体验量表（CEDAM）是一个包含14个项目的牙科焦虑量表。一个简短的表格将有助于减少应用程序时间和数据收集的财务成本。目的：开发巴西CEDAM简表，以方便其使用，并利用项目影响和回归方法评价其心理测量特性。设计：样本包括80名9-12岁的学童。项目影响法选取影响得分最高的8个项目，将个体的出现频率乘以项目的平均得分。回归方法以总分为因变量，单项得分为自变量。对内容、标准、结构效度和信度进行了测试。结果：方法鉴定出4个常见问题。短格式表现出地板效应，冲击法表现出天花板效应（内容效度）。短格式得分与CEDAM（标准效度）和儿童恐惧量表-牙科量表（CFSS-DS）得分（相关构念效度）呈正相关。高恐惧儿童（CFSS-DS≥32）的短形式得分高于对照组（判别构念效度）。短格式显示可靠（Cronbach's α > 0.80）。结论：巴西CEDAM简表具有良好的效度和信度。

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International journal of paediatric dentistry 医学-小儿科

CiteScore

5.50

自引率

2.60%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry was formed in 1991 by the merger of the Journals of the International Association of Paediatric Dentistry and the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry and is published bi-monthly. It has true international scope and aims to promote the highest standard of education, practice and research in paediatric dentistry world-wide. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry publishes papers on all aspects of paediatric dentistry including: growth and development, behaviour management, diagnosis, prevention, restorative treatment and issue relating to medically compromised children or those with disabilities. This peer-reviewed journal features scientific articles, reviews, case reports, clinical techniques, short communications and abstracts of current paediatric dental research. Analytical studies with a scientific novelty value are preferred to descriptive studies. Case reports illustrating unusual conditions and clinically relevant observations are acceptable but must be of sufficiently high quality to be considered for publication; particularly the illustrative material must be of the highest quality.