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Table 3 Reliability analysis: corrected item-total correlation of the 6 items of the Malay-MCDAS f and Cronbach’s Alpha coefficients for 5–6 year-old children

From: Psychometric properties of the faces version of the Malay-modified child dental anxiety scale

 

Corrected item-total correlation

Cronbach’s alpha if item deleted

Dentist generally

.429

.76

Teeth looked at

.483

.75

Scraped and polished

.526

.74

Injection in the gum

.583

.72

Filling

.446

.76

Tooth taken out

.671

.70

Alpha value

 

.77

Standardised items alpha

 

.78

  1. Two items, ‘dental general anaesthesia’ and ‘relative analgesia’ items were omitted for this age group.
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