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Thai Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (Thai-MDAS): cross-cultural adaptation, psychometric validation, and preliminary diagnostic accuracy.

BMC oral health · Rattanawonsakul K, Krongvanitchayakul R, Osiri S, Suriyasangpetch S, Hannongbua P, Kunasarapun P · 2026-08-11

Researchers adapted the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale into Thai and tested its reliability and validity in 233 Thai-speaking adults, finding it demonstrated good internal consistency, strong correlations with other anxiety measures, and high diagnostic accuracy, though the original cut-off score may underdetect anxiety in Thai populations.

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