Translation and validation of the Revised Dental Beliefs Survey (DBS-R) in China

Wu, Lei; Buchanan, Heather

Abstract

Patient perceptions of behaviours and attitudes of dentists are associated with dental fear and poor dental attendance in Western countries. However, there is a paucity of research exploring patient perceptions of the dentist in China. One reason for this may be the lack of a valid and reliable scale in Chinese (Standard Mandarin) to measure this. This study aimed to translate the Revised Dental Beliefs Survey (DBS-R) into Chinese and then explore the reliability and validity of this measure (both the short and longer versions) in a Chinese population. We translated the DBS-R using the forwards-backwards method and pilot tested it on a small sample of adults in China. Following this, 480 Chinese adults completed the newly translated scale, as well as well as a standardised dental anxiety questionnaire (the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale Chinese version) to test convergent validity. 109 participants completed the DBS-R again 2 weeks later for test-retest reliability. Both versions of the Chinese DBS-R were internally consistent and demonstrated convergent validity; test-retest reliability was also good. Both versions of the scale performed similarly, but for now we would suggest the 28-item version may be superior as items relating to the technical competence of the dentist appear important to Chinese adults.

Citation

Wu, L., & Buchanan, H. (2020). Translation and validation of the Revised Dental Beliefs Survey (DBS-R) in China. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 25(7), 812-823. https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2019.1668568

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 30, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Sep 27, 2019
• Publication Date: 2020
• Deposit Date: Sep 30, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 28, 2020
• Journal: Psychology, Health & Medicine
• Print ISSN: 1354-8506
• Electronic ISSN: 1465-3966
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 812-823
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2019.1668568
• Keywords: Applied Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychiatry and Mental health
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2722262
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13548506.2019.1668568?needAccess=true
• Additional Information: Peer Review Statement: The publishing and review policy for this title is described in its Aims & Scope.; Aim & Scope: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=cphm20; Received: 2019-08-22; Accepted: 2019-08-30; Published: 2019-09-27