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<journal-id>0034-7507</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Estomatología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Estomatol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0034-7507</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0034-75072019000300015</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Instrumentos para evaluar ansiedad al tratamiento estomatológico en el adulto]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Instruments to evaluate dental anxiety in adults]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rodríguez Chala]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Hilda Elia]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cázares de León]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Francisco]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Facultad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana &#8220;Julio Trigo López&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Monterrey  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Nuevo León ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>56</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0034-75072019000300015&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0034-75072019000300015&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0034-75072019000300015&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  La ansiedad al tratamiento estomatológico puede ser obtenida haciendo uso de instrumentos de evaluación para obtener medidas objetivas, eliminando el componente subjetivo del evaluador.  Objetivo:  Caracterizar los instrumentos de evaluación para ansiedad al tratamiento estomatológico en adultos.  Métodos:  Se realizó una revisión bibliográfica sobre instrumentos de evaluación para ansiedad al tratamiento estomatológico, considerando la bibliografía publicada en Google académico, SciELO y Medline. Se obtuvo como resultado final un total de 44 artículos en el período revisado, 40 de ellos en revistas internacionales, 1 publicación de la Organización Mundial de la Salud y 3 libros.  Análisis e integración de la información:  Se obtuvieron un total de 6 instrumentos con protagnismo en la literatura científica. Estos se caracterizaron por tener como objetivo fundamental diagnosticar y clasificar al sujeto ansioso enmarcándolo en una categoría determinada, presentándose fundamentalmente en escalas e inventarios, originarios del idioma inglés. El Modifield Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) constituye el instrumento de evaluación más utilizado en investigaciones y en la práctica clínica. No son reportados instrumentos diseñados por investigadores en países hispanohablantes, sino validaciones al idioma español de los ya existentes quedando poco representado este fenómeno psicológico en poblaciones hispanohablantes considerándose deprimido el desarrollo de la evaluación psicológica en el ámbito estomatológico.  Conclusiones:  Los instrumentos de evaluación son muy poco validados al idioma y contexto cultural de países hispanohablantes, por lo que está limitado su uso en poblaciones de este continente, a excepción de la población mexicana.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Dental anxiety may be measured with evaluation instruments to obtain objective values, not biased by the evaluator's subjectivity.  Objective:  Characterize the evaluation instruments used to measure dental anxiety in adults.  Methods:  A bibliographic review was conducted in Google Scholar, SciELO and Medline of materials about evaluation instruments used to measure dental anxiety. A total 44 publications were obtained from the period reviewed: 40 papers published in international journals, 1 World Health Organization publication and 3 books.  Data analysis and integration:  A total 6 leading instruments were found in the scientific literature reviewed. These were characterized by pursuing the fundamental goal of diagnosing and classifying anxious subjects by placing them in a given category, mainly according to scales and inventories originally written in English. The Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) is the evaluation instrument most commonly used by researchers and in clinical practice. Reports were not found of instruments designed by researchers from Spanish-speaking countries, but only assessments in Spanish of the already existing ones. In other words, Spanish-speaking populations are scarcely represented in terms of the psychological phenomenon under study, which points to reduced development of psychological evaluation in dental practice.  Conclusions:  Evaluation instruments are scarcely validated in the Spanish language and in Spanish-speaking cultural contexts. Therefore, their use is limited in populations from this continent, with the exception of the Mexican population.]]></p></abstract>
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