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Table 4 Spearman correlation between MDAS-A and DFS-A

From: Psychometric evaluation of the Lebanese Arabic version of the Dental Fear Survey: a cross-sectional study

Measure

Spearman coefficient

P value

DFS-A total score

0.8

 < 0.0001

Anticipating a visit to a dental clinic

0.84

 < 0.0001

Waiting in the dentist's office for treatment

0.84

 < 0.0001

Waiting in the dental chair for drilling of teeth

0.89

 < 0.0001

Waiting in the dental chair for scaling the teeth

0.77

 < 0.0001

Waiting in the dental chair for receiving a local anesthetic injection

0.85

 < 0.0001

  1. MDAS-A The Arabic version of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale, DFS-A The Arabic version of the Dental Fear Scale; P-value < 0.05 is considered significant