Open AccessPrevalence of dental anxiety and its relation to age and gender in coastal Andhra (Visakhapatnam) population, India
Author(s) -
Rezwana Begum Mohammed,
Thota Lalithamma,
Dandu Maruti Varma,
Korukonda Naga Venkata Sudhakar,
Baratam Srinivas,
Penumetsa Venkata Krishnamraju,
Ahammad Basha Shaik
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.136210
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , mann–whitney u test , anxiety , population , medicine , demography , kruskal–wallis one way analysis of variance , statistical significance , dental fear , rank correlation , analysis of variance , test (biology) , dentistry , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychometrics , environmental health , paleontology , machine learning , sociology , computer science , biology
Dental fear, anxiety and phobia have consistently been reported as widespread problems that persist despite the technological advances that have made dentistry less painful and less uncomfortable. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of dental anxiety (DA) and its relation to age and sex among Coastal Andhra (Visakhapatnam) population.