An evaluation of the sociodemographic determinants of dental anxiety in patients scheduled for intra-alveolar extraction

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Table 1 Sociodemographic variables of subjects and associated mean DAS scores

Variable	n (%)	DAS mean±SD	P
Age range (years)
<20	16 (17.2)	12.1±2.55	0.000
21–30	43 (46.2)	9.30±0.55
31–40	28 (30.1)	7.86±1.98
41–50	6 (6.5)	7.74±2.53
Sex
Male	43 (46.2)	7.37±1.88	0.006
Female	50 (53.8)	8.76±2.84
Residence
Urban	65 (69.9)	8.08±2.37	0.827
Rural	28 (30.1)	8.21±2.91
Marital status
Single	32 (34.4)	9.41±2.24	0.003
Married	57 (61.3)	7.47±2.50
Divorced	1 (1.1)	6.00±0.00
Widowed	3 (3.2)	7.33±0.58
Level of education
Informal	8 (8.6)	8.25±2.49	0.005
Primary	10 (10.8)	6.10±2.73
Secondary	27 (29.0)	9.26±2.54
Tertiary	48 (51.6)	7.87±2.22
Social class
Class I	6 (6.5)	8.00±2.76	0.012
Class II	32 (34.4)	7.75±2.19
Class III	15 (16.1)	8.47±1.60
Class IV	12 (12.9)	6.25±2.42
Class V	28 (30.1)	9.18±2.87
Previous dental visit
None	46 (49.9)	7.80±2.67	0.209
<5	39 (41.9)	8.21±2.22
>5	8 (8.6)	9.50±2.93

Table 2 Tukey–Kramer multiple comparison test for DAS score between the age groups

Comparison	Difference	q	P
Group A vs. Group B	2.800	8.099	<0.001
Group A vs. Group C	4.240	11.460	<0.001
Group A vs. Group D	4.360	7.715	<0.001
Group B vs. Group C	1.440	5.023	<0.01
Group B vs. Group D	1.560	3.032	>0.05
Group C vs. Group D	0.120	0.226	>0.05

Group A: <20 years; Group B: 21–30 years; Group C: 31–40 years; Group D: 41–50 years.

Table 3 Stepwise linear regression of predictors of dental anxiety

	R	R ^2	df	Beta	t	P
Sex	0.276	0.076	1	0.276	2.729	0.008
Educational level				0.087	0.856	0.855
Marital status				0.226	2.266	0.026
Social class				0.122	1.199	0.234
Age range				0.138	1.355	0.179