Management strategies of dental anxiety and uncooperative behaviors in children with Autism spectrum disorder

BMC Pediatrics

Table 4 Studies assessing CDBRS scaled and A & C scale in dependent variables

Study	Dependent variables	TD Mean ± SD		ASD Mean ± SD		Effect size
Stein, 2014	CDBRS scale	34.69 (12.47)		47.31 (8.61)		1.1^∗
Stein, 2014	A & C scale	0.45 ± 1.06		2.07 ± 1.59		1.3^∗
Cermak, 2015	CDBRS scale	TD		ASD		Effect size
	CDBRS scale	RDE	SADE	RDE	SADE	TD	ASD
	A & C scale	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	TD	ASD
		34.7 ± 12.5	30.8 ± 14.6	47.3 ± 8.6	44.9 ± 11.8	0.29	0.23
		0.5 ± 1.1	0.4 ± 1.1	2.1 ± 1.6	1.8 ± 2.0	0.06	0.13

Conditions could improve the relaxation and cooperation rate of the ASD group (46 % RDE to 59 % SADE) and most TD children exhibited positive dental cooperative behavior in both environmental conditions (91 and 95 % for RDE and SADE, respectively) (Table 4)

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