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- Title
Dental Anxiety and Influencing Factors in Adults.
- Authors
Muneer, Muhammad Usman; Ismail, Fahad; Munir, Nadia; Shakoor, Asma; Das, Gotam; Ahmed, Abdul Razzaq; Ahmed, Muhammad Adeel
- Abstract
Dental anxiety is one of the most common conditions present amongst the masses globally. It is this fear that makes individuals avoid seeking dental treatment which results in a deteriorated oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). Discrepancies exist in the prevalence of dental anxiety based on gender, education levels, level of deprivation of a society and its socioeconomic status. In this study, a sample size of 522 respondents was collected. Kuppuswamy's socioeconomic status scale and modified dental anxiety scales were used to collect the necessary data. These data were analyzed by cross tabbing and chi-square test of significance was applied to assess the association between dental anxiety and other factors. Female gender was significantly associated with dental anxiety with p-value = 0.03. Higher education levels and dental anxiety also displayed significant associations with each other, with a p-value of 0.048. Seventy-six percent of the individuals of lower socioeconomic status were prone to be more dentally anxious. Dental anxiety was more significant in individuals with higher levels of education in our study. Respondents who were part of a lower socioeconomic class were also more prone to being anxious while receiving dental treatment. Knowing the factors that cause dental anxiety can help dentists effectively manage and treat their patients.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; PATIENT refusal of treatment; DENTAL clinics; ACADEMIC medical centers; CROSS-sectional method; QUANTITATIVE research; PUBLIC health; FEAR of dentists; RISK assessment; SEX distribution; COMPARATIVE studies; SOCIAL classes; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; RESEARCH funding; DATA analysis software; EDUCATIONAL attainment; ADULTS
- Publication
Healthcare (2227-9032), 2022, Vol 10, Issue 12, p2352
- ISSN
2227-9032
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/healthcare10122352