Abstract:
Objective
To examine the validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the modified Children's Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS) among the children in China.
Methods
The original English version of CFSS-DS was translated into Chinese, pretested and cross-culturally adapted.Subsequently the Chinese version schedule was randomly investigated among 367 children aged 5-12 years old and their parents by a trained inspectors.51 children returned for a second dental appointment during the study period completed the modified CFSS-DS at the second time.Reliability and validity of the translated scale was evaluated later.
Results
Cronbach's alpha of the translated scale was 0.87 and test-rest reliability was 0.72.The 17 items were divided into four domains.Corrected item-domain correlation ranges from 0.58 to 0.90.There was a certain logical relationship between the items among the same domains.There was highly significant association between the self-report of the modified CFSS-DS and the parental-report of modified CFSS-DS, also between the self-report of the modified CFSS-DS and Frankl Behavioral Scale, the correlation of twice were 0.93, -0.411 (P <0.01).
Conclusion
The reliability and validity of the Chinese version of modified CFSS-DS was satisfying.
Key words:
Dental anxiety,
Children&apos,
s Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale,
Reliability,
Validity
Jia-xuan LU, Dong-sheng YU, Jia-cheng LIN, Wei ZHAO. Reliability and validation of the Chinese version of modified Children' s Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale[J]. Chinese Journal of Stomatological Research(Electronic Edition), 2011, 5(03): 288-294.