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ANXIETY DISORDERS

1. Majstorović M, Veerkamp JSJ, Škrinjarić I, Glavina D. Reliability and Validity of Measures Used in Assessing Dental Anxiety in 5-15 Year-Old Croatian Children. Acta Stomatol Croat. 2003;37(3):361-2.
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   Title in English:	Reliability and Validity of Measures Used in Assessing Dental Anxiety in 5-15 Year-Old Croatian Children
   Title in Croatian:	Vrjednovanje pouzdanosti psihometrijskih metoda u procjeni dentalne anksioznosti djece dobne skupine od 5-15 godina u Hrvatskoj
   Type of Article:	congress abstract
   MeSH:	ANXIETY ANXIETY DISORDERS CHILD
   Abstract:	The aim of the study was to evaluate reliability and validity of different questionnaires and predict related cause-concomitant factors in assessing differnet aspects to childrens dental anxiety.Children were interviewed on dental anxiety, dispositional risk factors and satisfaction with the dentist after dental treatment had been accomplished. Parents were interiewed on dental anxiety as well. The study population included 165 children (91 boys) between the age od 5 and 15 years. They were sent to the dental Clinic by generalpractitioners, because of their dental fear and uncooperative bahaviour during previous dental visits. Children were treated by two dentists, both experienced in treating fearful children.The childrens total average CFSS-DS score was 27.02, with no significant difference with respect to gender. The highest Cronbach alpha scores regarding reliability were obtained for the S - DAI, the CFSS - DS and the PDAS. Pearsons correlations regarding validity represented significant correlations between the CMFQ, the CDASand the S - DAI; the OAS, the CDAS and the S - DAI; as well as between the OAS and the DVSS - SV.Statistical analysis was performed in Statistics for Windows, Release 5.5 and release 7.5. Pearsons correlation coefficients were calculated for validity and Cronbach alpha for reliability of the measures. Spearman Brown prophecy formula was used for correction of the alpha scores.Previous negative medical experience has significant influence on children’s dental anxiety, supporting the Rachmans conditioning theory ( Rachman, 1991). Anxious children are more likely to exibit behaviour problems (agression) and are more introvert in expressing their judgement regarding the dentist. Both the S - DAI and tehCFSS - DS, which was standardized in the Croatian population sample, showed the highest reliability in assessment of children’s dental anxiety.

2. Richter I, Vidas I, Turčinović P. Relationship of Psychological Characteristics and Oral Diseases with Possible Psychosomatic Aaetiology. Acta Stomatol Croat. 2003;37(1):27-39.
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   Title in English:	Relationship of Psychological Characteristics and Oral Diseases with Possible Psychosomatic Aaetiology
   Title in Croatian:	Odnos psihičkih svojstava i oralnih bolesti s mogućom psihosomatskom etiologijom
   Type of Article:	original scientific paper
   MeSH:	MOUTH DISEASES + etiology PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS ANXIETY ANXIETY DISORDERS
   Abstract:	The object of the study was to determine the incidence of the following oral diseases, Aphthae recidivante, Lichen ruber planus, symptoms of xerostomia and stomatopyrosis, and oral parafunction, bruxism and dysgeusia and to examine their possible connection with different intensities of psychological characteristics of self-esteem, anxiety and neuroticism in a sample of inhabitants from the Gorski Kotar area.The study consisted of 277 subjects in whom a detailed oral examination and oral testing were performed. Psychological testing was performed by using part of pychotest “18 PF”.The examination showed that in the area of Fuæina and Lokava oral parafunction most frequently occurred (in 36.1% of subjects) aphthae lesions (19.2%), followed by bruxism (13.7%), xerostomia (12.27%) and stomatopyrosis (10.3%). Taste disorders (2.3%) and oral lichen (1.2%) rarely occurred.The psychological examination indicated that there was a tendency towards a high level of self-esteem, low level of anxiety and still lower level of general neuroticism. Positive correlation was determined between the occurrence of xerostomia, stomatopyrosis, recurring aphthae and bruxism in relation to the occurrence of anxiety, and stomatopyrosis and xerostomia with neuroticism. The findings were statistically significant, although on the basis of such descriptive examinations it is impossible to claim that the examined psychological characteristics are the cause of the occurrence of these diseases, only that they are significantly connected with their occurrence.