ASSESSMENT OF DENTAL TREATMENT RELATED ANXIETY AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THE SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v11i02.145Keywords:
Dental anxiety, sociodemographic factors, Modified Dental Anxiety scale (MDAS, Dental treatmentAbstract
Objective:
To assess the association of gender, level of education and marital status on the dental anxiety levels of patients.
Materials and Methods:
This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted on 400 patients visiting the dental OPD of Sharif Medical and Dental College, Lahore from June 2019 to June 2020. A questionnaire regarding level of dental anxiety was given to the patients. Data were collected using a pre-validated scale with a Cronbach alpha value of 0.89; Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS). Chi square test was applied to see the association of socio-demographic factors on dental anxiety. P value ≤0.05 was taken as significant.
Results:
Our data showed that the association between gender and level of dental anxiety was statistically significant (p-value 0.04). It was found to be no significant association of age, education level and marital status with level of anxiety (p=0.934, p=0.484, p=0.422) respectively.
Conclusion:
Majority of males and females experienced moderate to low anxiety. It was seen that the greatest percentage of patients with moderate/low anxiety as well as high anxiety had tertiary education. A similar trend was seen in unmarried patients The age group 18 to 29 years was the group that reported experiencing highest percentage of low/moderate anxiety as well as high anxiety.
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