Primary study · included by 1 review

Validation of Arabic version of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) and Kleinknecht's Dental Fear Survey Scale (DFS) and combined self-modified version of this two scales as Dental Fear Anxiety Scale (DFAS) among 12 to 15 year Saudi school students in Riyadh city.

Alamri 2019 · Alamri Saeed Ahmed, Alshammari Sulaiman A, Baseer Mohammad Abdul, et al. · Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry · 2019

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Estimating the reliability of the modified dental anxiety scale: A systematic review and reliability generalization meta-analysis.
Non-Cochrane · other · 2026 · cited as Alamri (2019) · Supplemental B (study list) and reference list
Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
Internal consistency (Cronbach alpha) of MDAS total score
MDAS (5-item dental anxiety questionnaire), total score vs Not applicable (single instrument; reliability generalization)
Cronbach's alpha (pooled, back-transformed from Bonett ABT) 0.882 [0.873, 0.889]118 studies · 95588 participantsGRADE not reported

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