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[Effect of being disabled, dental fear and anxiety on drawings]
Anita Beck1, Eszter Molnár, Pál Fejérdy
1Semmelweis Egyetem Budapest, Fogorvostudományi Kar, Fogpótlástani Klinika, Budapest.
Aim:
To investigate if there is an influence of being a disabled people (with disturbed body-image), dental fear and anxiety on several form/shape parameters of drawings.
Subjects:
Disabled (46) and healthy (33) volunteers (n = 79; male 39, female 40; age: 18.16 +/- 3.01 yrs.) were investigated.
Methods:
Collection of demographic data (gender, age, marital status, profession), and administration of the Hungarian versions of dental fear and anxiety related scales namely: DAS, DAQ, DASQ, DFS, DBS, STAI-S, STAI-T and Expectation scale. Free drawing test portraying a person, a mouth, and a tooth were also administered, and form/shape parameters were analyzed.
Results:
Mean values of the scales were: DAS: 10.22 +/- 3.1; DAQ: 2.21 +/- 0.9; DASQ: 12.44 +/- 3.9; DFS: 40.98 +/- 14,0; Expectation Scale: 2.32 +/- 0.7, DBS: 34.50 +/- 9.0; STAI-S: 37.56 +/-10.7; STAI-T 42.41 +/-10.2. Disables subjects scored higher in all of the scales but there was a significant difference (t-probe, p < 0.05) in the case of DBS scale only. Being a disabled influenced 2 of person-, 5 of tooth-, and 3 of mouth-drawing parameters significantly (chi2 probe, p < 0.05). Dental fear related scales influenced 5 of person-, 5 of tooth-, and 1 of mouth-drawing parameters significantly (one-way ANOVA, p < 0.05). Anxiety influenced 2 of person-, 1 of tooth-, and none of mouth-drawing parameters significantly (one-way ANOVA, p < 0.05).
Conclusion:
Interestingly, the influence of being a disabled people was the strongest in case of tooth-drawings, and the influence of dental fear on drawing parameters was stronger than that of anxiety.
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