A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Significant relationship between parental and child dental fear
Authors: Lahti S, Luoto A
Publication year: 2010
Journal: Evidence-Based Dentistry
Journal name in source: Evidence-based dentistry
Journal acronym: Evid Based Dent
Volume: 11
Issue: 3
ISSN: 1462-0049
eISSN: 1476-5446
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ebd.6400736
Abstract
The databases CINAHL, EMbase, Medline, PsycINFO, Cochrane/DARE EBM were searched using OVID together with the reference lists of retrieved papers.\nStudies in English and German which investigated the relationship between parental and child dental fear and included children and young people aged 0-19 years were included. Particular emphasis was placed on studies which used established behaviour and anxiety measures to assess parental and child dental anxiety or child behaviour.\nA qualitative synthesis of the included studies was conducted with those studies which provided sufficient quantitative estimates of association between parental and child measures to enable transformation into effect sizes being used in a meta-analysis. A random-effects model was used.\nForty-three studies were included from across the six continents. The studies ranged widely with respect to research design, methods used, age of children included and the reported link between parental and child dental fear. The majority of studies confirmed a relationship between parental and child dental fear. This relationship is most evident in children aged 8 years and under. A meta-analysis confirmed an association between parental and child dental fear.\nThe narrative synthesis as well as the meta-analysis demonstrate a significant relationship between parental and child dental fear, particularly in children aged 8 years and under.\nDATA SOURCES\nSTUDY SELECTION\nDATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS\nRESULTS\nCONCLUSIONS
The databases CINAHL, EMbase, Medline, PsycINFO, Cochrane/DARE EBM were searched using OVID together with the reference lists of retrieved papers.\nStudies in English and German which investigated the relationship between parental and child dental fear and included children and young people aged 0-19 years were included. Particular emphasis was placed on studies which used established behaviour and anxiety measures to assess parental and child dental anxiety or child behaviour.\nA qualitative synthesis of the included studies was conducted with those studies which provided sufficient quantitative estimates of association between parental and child measures to enable transformation into effect sizes being used in a meta-analysis. A random-effects model was used.\nForty-three studies were included from across the six continents. The studies ranged widely with respect to research design, methods used, age of children included and the reported link between parental and child dental fear. The majority of studies confirmed a relationship between parental and child dental fear. This relationship is most evident in children aged 8 years and under. A meta-analysis confirmed an association between parental and child dental fear.\nThe narrative synthesis as well as the meta-analysis demonstrate a significant relationship between parental and child dental fear, particularly in children aged 8 years and under.\nDATA SOURCES\nSTUDY SELECTION\nDATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS\nRESULTS\nCONCLUSIONS
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