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Table 3 Intraclass correlation coefficients for test–retest reliability of the five items and total score of the MDAS-A (n = 30)

From: Assessment of dental anxiety and dental phobia among adults in Lebanon

MDAS-A item

ICC

95% CI

Visit tomorrow

0.938

0.870–0.970

Waiting room

0.929

0.851–0.966

Use of drill

0.780

0.538–0.895

Scale and polish

0.638

0.239–0.828

Injection

0.858

0.702–0.933

MDAS-A total

0.932

0.857–0.968

  1. MDAS-A: Lebanese Arabic version of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale, ICC Intraclass correlation coefficient, n frequency