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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2709-7927</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Médica del Centro]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta méd centro]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2709-7927</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario Arnaldo Milián Castro]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2709-79272023000100107</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El miedo ante el tratamiento estomatológico en niños de ocho y nueve años]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Fear of stomatological treatment in eight and nine year old children]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Concepción Delgado]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Amarilis]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sáez Luna]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mayra Eleodora]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández Gutiérrez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Daymí]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez Díaz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[de Rojas Gómez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Caridad]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ciscal Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Iosvany]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Policlínico Universitario &#8220;Chiqui Gómez Lubián&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santa Clara Villa Clara]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Clínica Estomatológica &#8220;Celia Sánchez Manduley&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santa Clara Villa Clara]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santa Clara Villa Clara]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>17</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>107</fpage>
<lpage>114</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2709-79272023000100107&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2709-79272023000100107&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2709-79272023000100107&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  el miedo es un problema común que los Especialistas en Estomatología enfrentan a diario, puede afectar el manejo del paciente y la efectividad de los tratamientos.  Objetivo:  caracterizar el miedo ante el tratamiento estomatológico en niños de ocho y nueve años.  Métodos:  se realizó un estudio descriptivo transversal en el Policlínico &#8220;Chiqui Gómez&#8221; en el período comprendido de enero a septiembre de 2020. Se obtuvo una muestra de 288 niños seleccionada a través de un muestreo aleatorio simple. Se les aplicó una Escala de miedos dentales en niños y una Guía de observación. Se empleó la estadística descriptiva y la prueba de Pearson Chi cuadrado.  Resultados:  predominó el miedo en los niños de nueve años del sexo masculino. Se demostró que a mayor miedo se presentó una mayor frecuencia de actitudes asociadas a esta emoción.  Conclusiones:  se evidenció que en el sexo masculino y a mayor edad más miedo, además de mayor frecuencia de expresiones, conductas, posturas y actitudes asociadas al miedo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  fear is a common problem that Stomatology Specialists face daily, it can affect patient management and treatment effectiveness.  Objective:  to characterize fear before stomatological treatment in eight and nine year old children.  Methods:  a cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out at the &#8220;Chiqui Gómez&#8221; Polyclinic from January to September 2020. A sample of 162 children selected through simple random sampling was obtained. A Scale of Dental Fears in Children and an Observation Guide were applied.  Results:  fear predominated in nine-year-old male children. It was shown that the greater the fear, the greater the frequency of attitudes associated with this emotion.  Conclusions:  it was shown that more fear was associated with older age, and that the male sex was more fearful. There was a significant relationship between fear and associated attitudes.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[fear]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[stomatological treatment]]></kwd>
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