Translation of the Fear of Dental Pain Questionnaire in a Swedish Setting: Associations with Dental Anxiety
Pontus Abrahamsson, Ulla Wide, Kajsa Nordberg, Magnus Hakeberg · 2026
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Description
Pontus Abrahamsson and three co-authors translate a short questionnaire on fear of dental pain into Swedish and test how well it works. Their 2026 study starts from a common clinic problem: dread of pain shapes whether people accept dental care, and it ties closely to dental anxiety. A local measuring tool was missing.
The team added three items to the short form and gave it to 178 adults in dental care. The answers split into two themes, fear around treatment and fear around examination. Scores held steady on retest and matched well with fear ratings and anxiety scores. Being a woman, having dental anxiety, and feeling that pain fear blocks treatment each predicted higher fear. The authors say the Swedish form is sound, pending tests in other groups.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Pontus Abrahamsson, Ulla Wide, Kajsa Nordberg, Magnus Hakeberg |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |