Table 2.
Prevalence of university students according to level of dental fear (n = 8514)
| |
Dental fear among all |
Dental fear among women |
Dental fear among men |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very afraid | Some-what afraid | Not at all afraid | p | Very afraid | Some-what afraid | Not at all afraid | p | Very afraid | Some-what afraid | Not at all afraid | p | |
|
Age |
% |
% |
% |
|
% |
% |
% |
|
% |
% |
% |
|
| (n) |
(n) |
(n) |
(n) |
(n) |
(n) |
(n) |
(n) |
(n) |
||||
| ≤19 |
4.0 |
31.8 |
64.2 |
<0.001 |
4.7 |
34.7 |
60.6 |
<0.001 |
1.5 |
22.3 |
76.2 |
<0.001 |
| (100) |
(800) |
(1616) |
(91) |
(669) |
(1168) |
(9) |
(131) |
(448) |
||||
| 20 |
4.4 |
30.6 |
65 |
6.2 |
37.8 |
55.9 |
1.9 |
20.4 |
77.7 |
|||
| (95) |
(657) |
(1398) |
(78) |
(474) |
(701) |
(17) |
(183) |
(697) |
||||
| 21–24 |
6.8 |
34.8 |
58.4 |
9.8 |
40.2 |
50 |
2.6 |
27.1 |
70.3 |
|||
| (148) |
(753) |
(1263) |
(125) |
(512) |
(638) |
(23) |
(241) |
(625) |
||||
| 25–29 |
6.5 |
37.4 |
56.1 |
7.7 |
41.4 |
50.9 |
4.6 |
31.3 |
64 |
|||
| (60) |
(347) |
(520) |
(43) |
(232) |
(285) |
(17) |
(115) |
(235) |
||||
| 30–39 |
7.7 |
37.6 |
54.7 |
8.9 |
39.3 |
51.8 |
5.2 |
34.2 |
60.6 |
|||
| (37) |
(181) |
(263) |
(29) |
(128) |
(169) |
(8) |
(53) |
(94) |
||||
| 40+ |
6.9 |
35.5 |
57.6 |
8.9 |
37.9 |
53.3 |
0 |
27.4 |
72.6 |
|||
| (19) |
(48) |
(159) |
(19) |
(81) |
(114) |
(0) |
(17) |
(45) |
||||
|
General mood |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
| Positive |
5.1 |
33.0 |
61.9 |
0.001 |
6.6 |
37.7 |
55.6 |
0.030 |
2.3 |
24.0 |
73.6 |
0.001 |
| 1 to + 10 |
(393) |
(2521) |
(4727) |
(331) |
(1884) |
(2777) |
(62) |
(637) |
(1950) |
|||
| Neutral |
6.8 |
40.0 |
58.1 |
8.2 |
42.9 |
48.9 |
4.8 |
35.7 |
59.5 |
|||
| 0 |
(21) |
(124) |
(165) |
(15) |
(79) |
(90) |
(6) |
(45) |
(75) |
|||
| Negative |
8.0 |
33.9 |
53.2 |
10.3 |
35.0 |
54.7 |
3.3 |
31.7 |
65.0 |
|||
| −10 to −1 |
(45) |
(191) |
(327) |
(39) |
(133) |
(208) |
(6) |
(58) |
(119) |
|||
|
Feelings in social situations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
| Positive |
5.1 |
31.9 |
63.1 |
<0.001 |
6.7 |
36.6 |
56.7 |
0.005 |
2.1 |
23.5 |
74.4 |
0.001 |
| 1 to + 10 |
(311) |
(1955) |
(3867) |
(264) |
(1140) |
(2235) |
(47) |
(515) |
(1632) |
|||
| Neutral |
4.2 |
35.3 |
60.5 |
5.2 |
42.4 |
52.4 |
2.6 |
23.8 |
73.6 |
|||
| 0 |
(26) |
(218) |
(373) |
(20) |
(162) |
(200) |
(6) |
(56) |
(173) |
|||
| Negative |
6.9 |
37.6 |
55.5 |
8.2 |
40.0 |
51.8 |
4.0 |
31.9 |
64.1 |
|||
| −10 to −1 |
(122) |
(663) |
(979) |
(101) |
(494) |
(640) |
(21) |
(169) |
(339) |
|||
|
Tobacco use |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Not at all |
5.0 |
33.3 |
61.7 |
<0.001 |
6.4 |
37.2 |
56.4 |
<0.001 |
2.1 |
25 |
72.9 |
0.002 |
| |
(334) |
(2231) |
(4135) |
(289) |
(1692) |
(2564) |
(45) |
(539) |
(1571) |
|||
| Occasionally |
5.8 |
33.3 |
60.9 |
8.1 |
40.3 |
51.6 |
2.5 |
23.2 |
74.3 |
|||
| |
(74) |
(425) |
(776) |
(61) |
(304) |
(389) |
(13) |
(121) |
(387) |
|||
| Regularly |
9.5 |
33.4 |
57.1 |
13.6 |
38.9 |
47.5 |
5.7 |
28.3 |
66.0 |
|||
| |
(51) |
(180) |
(308) |
(35) |
(100) |
(122) |
(16) |
(80) |
(186) |
|||
|
Use of alcohol |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| No |
5.4 |
35.1 |
59.6 |
0.217 |
6.3 |
38.5 |
55.3 |
0.551 |
3.5 |
28.1 |
68.4 |
0.029 |
| |
(93) |
(609) |
(1035) |
(73) |
(449) |
(645) |
(20) |
(160) |
(390) |
|||
| Yes |
5.4 |
32.9 |
61.7 |
7.1 |
37.5 |
55.4 |
2.3 |
24.3 |
73.5 |
|||
| |
(366) |
(2227) |
(4184) |
(312) |
(1647) |
(2430) |
(54) |
(580) |
(1754) |
|||
|
Alcohol AUDIT (sum score) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
| 7 or less |
5.3 |
33.8 |
60.9 |
0.083 | 6.7 |
37.4 |
56 |
0.093 | 1.9 |
24.4 |
73.7 |
0.497 |
| |
(241) |
(1524) |
(2749) |
(217) |
(1219) |
(1827) |
(24) |
(305) |
(922) |
|||
| 8 or more |
5.5 |
31.1 |
63.4 |
8.4 |
38.0 |
53.6 |
2.6 |
24.2 |
73.2 |
|||
| (125) | (703) | (1435) | (95) | (428) | (603) | (30) | (275) | (832) | ||||