Table 4: Mean and standard deviation of degrees of affraidness

S.no.	Items	Girls (n = 307)		Boys (n = 293)		All (n = 600)		p-value
		Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD
1.	Dentists	1.156 ± 0.373		1.129 ± 0.356		1.143 ± 0.364		0.3645
2.	Doctors	1.153 ± 0.369		1.119 ± 0.345		1.136 ± 0.358		0.2447
3.	Injections	3.785 ± 1.128		3.689 ± 1.203		3.738 ± 1.165		0.3135
4.	Having somebody examine your mouth	1.228 ± 0.599		1.150 ± 0.443		1.190 ± 0.530		0.0713
5.	aving to open your mouth	1.176 ± 0.480		1.129 ± 0.472		1.153 ± 0.476		0.9869
6.	Having a stranger touch you	1.374 ± 0.749		1.375 ± 0.861		1.373 ± 0.805		0.9879
7.	Having somebody look at you	1.195 ± 0.583*		1.092 ± 0.390*		1.145 ± 0.501		0.0116*
8.	The dentist drilling	2.306 ± 0.769		2.252 ± 0.871		2.280 ± 0.820		0.4206
9.	The sight of the dentist drilling	2.573 ± 0.761		2.573 ± 0.843		2.573 ± 0.801		0.9999
10.	The noise of the dentist drilling	3.107 ± 1.028		3.102 ± 1.099		3.105 ± 1.062		0.954
11.	Having put instrument in mouth	1.866 ± 0.770		1.832 ± 0.829		1.850 ± 0.799		0.6027
12.	Choking	2.596 ± 0.732		2.597 ± 0.786		2.596 ± 0.758		0.9871
13.	Having to go to the hospital	1.225 ± 0.476		1.184 ± 0.430		1.205 ± 0.454		0.2753
14.	People in white uniform	1.208 ± 0.500		1.157 ± 0.417		1.183 ± 0.462		0.1764
15.	Having the dentist clean your teeth	1.469 ± 0.682		1.457 ± 0.684		1.463 ± 0.682		0.8297
Total	1.828 ± 1.075	1.789 ± 1.091		1.809 ± 1.083