Table 5.

Correlation analyses based on DAS in wave 27 (2013/2014) and wave 31(2019/2020)

	DAS	L-1	Annual dentist appointments	Daily frequency of tooth brushing	G-Score	Perceived condition of health	Perceived influence over health	PHQ-2	GAD-2	OSSS-3
Wave 27/31 (N = 322–329 / 313–323)
DAS	1
L-1	0.16 ** /0.16 ***	1
Annual dentist appointments	-0.09/-0.11(*)	0.08/-0.08	1
Daily frequency of tooth brushing	0.09(*)/0.04	0.03/-0.03	0.11 * /0.16 **	1
G-Score	0.22 *** /0.26 ***	0.30 *** /0.30 ***	0.15**/0.06	< 0.01/-0.05	1
Perceived condition of health	0.28 *** /0.28 ***	0.28 *** /0.39 ***	0.18***/-0.05	0.06/-0.07	0.39 *** /0.45 ***	1
Perceived influence over health	0.13 * /0.25 ***	0.16 ** /0.33 ***	0.05/-0.07	-0.05/-0.01	0.17 ** /0.25 ***	0.33 *** /0.46 ***	1
PHQ-2	0.18 *** /0.23 ***	0.41 *** /0.34 ***	0.10(*)/-0.03	-0.04/-0.06	0.54 *** /0.56 ***	0.41 *** /0.45 ***	0.16 ** /0.27 ***	1
GAD-2	0.25 *** /0.26 ***	0.36 *** /0.32 ***	0.08/0.04	0.02/-0.05	0.61 *** /0.68 ***	0.38 *** /0.42 ***	0.15 ** /0.27 ***	0.66 *** /0.70 ***	1
OSSS-3	-0.18 *** /-0.15 **	-0.20 *** /-0.29 ***	0.01/0.05	0.04/0.09(*)	-0.17 ** /-0.14 *	-0.17 ** /-0.16 **	-0.20 *** /-0.21 ***	-0.24 *** /-0.21 ***	-0.27 *** /-0.20 ***	1

Correlation analyses (Spearman’s Rho) for dental anxiety measured with the DAS, life satisfaction measured with L-1, annual dentist appointments, daily frequency of tooth brushing, perceived physical health measured with G-Score, perceived condition of health, perceived influence over health, indication for depression measured with PHQ-2, indication for anxiety measured with GAD-2, and social support measured with OSSS-3. Pearson’s r is reported. Bold: significant correlations, italics: trend-level significant correlations, ^*** p < 0.001; ^** p < 0.01; ^* p < 0.05; ^(*) p < 0.10.