Table 2.

Comparing the relationship between the level of dental anxiety and the OHRQOL

Variables	Anxiety	Mean ± SD	P-value Independent Samples T-Test
Age
< 38 years	Without dental anxiety	12.59 ± 8.95	0.160
	With dental anxiety	15.85 ± 10.95
≥ 38 years	Without dental anxiety	17.94 ± 11.58	0.022
	With dental anxiety	24.56 ± 12.90
Gender
Male	Without dental anxiety	12/19 ± 16/09	0.759
	With dental anxiety	11/24 ± 15/09
Female	Without dental anxiety	14.22 ± 8.63	< 0.001
	With dental anxiety	22.34 ± 12.78
Level of Education
Guidance school	Without dental anxiety	21.60 ± 11.28	0.150
	With dental anxiety	31.25 ± 3.86
high school	Without dental anxiety	25.67 ± 4.04	0.109
	With dental anxiety	15.50 ± 6.36
Diploma	Without dental anxiety	11.12 ± 7.86	< 0.001
	With dental anxiety	25.45 ± 12.57
Associate degree	Without dental anxiety	27.40 ± 16.95	0.278
	With dental anxiety	16.83 ± 13.47
Bachelor	Without dental anxiety	15.52 ± 10	0.567
	With dental anxiety	17.87 ± 12.30
PhD	Without dental anxiety	10.92 ± 6.47	0.618
	With dental anxiety	9.37 ± 6.93
Place of inhabitants
City	Without dental anxiety	15.55 ± 11.18	0.031
	With dental anxiety	20.32 ± 13.13
Village	Without dental anxiety	13.69 ± 7.87	0.019
	With dental anxiety	22.87 ± 8.20
Income
Low income	Without dental anxiety	13.78 ± 8.40	0.011
	With dental anxiety	21.70 ± 11.02
Middle income	Without dental anxiety	14.35 ± 9.76	0.079
	With dental anxiety	19.75 ± 10.02
High income	Without dental anxiety	16.68 ± 12.40	0.384
	With dental anxiety	19.97 ± 16.10