Reliability and cross-cultural validity of a Japanese version of the Dental Fear Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study established the reliability and cross-cultural validity of a Japanese version of the Dental Fear Survey (DFS).

Methods

Two studies were carried out in separate populations. The first involved 166 Japanese dental and nursing students and assessed internal consistency and test-retest reliability. The second involved 2,095 Japanese parents or guardians of school children and tested the hypothesis that the conceptual structure of the Japanese translation was consistent with the U.S. version using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM).

Results

In the first study Cronbach alpha ranged from .94 to .96 and test-retest reliability (Spearman correlation) ranged from .89 to .92. The intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) was 0.919 (95%CI: 0.892 - 0.940). I

SUBMITTER: Yoshida T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2718877 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature