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. 2022 Apr 21;22:137. doi: 10.1186/s12903-022-02173-7

Table 1.

Number of patients and their anxiety level based on total MDAS scores

Total MDAS Score category Number of patients(n = 480) Difference in the number of patients in each category
Pre-treatment (%) Post treatment (%)
5 (no anxiety) 0 0 There were no patients that belonged in this category
6–7(extremely low anxious) 88(18.3) 149(31.0) + 61
8–10 (low anxiety) 201(41.8) 210(43.7) + 9
11–15(moderate anxiety) 114(23.7) 84(17.5) − 30
16–19(high anxiety) 55(11.4) 21(4.3) − 34
Above 19 (dental phobic) 22(4.58) 16(3.33) − 6

Mean 80.00

SD 72.46

SEM 29.58

Mean 80.00

SD 84.44

SEM 34.47

P value* = 0.002 (ANOVA test)

SD, standard deviation; SEM, standard error of mean

*P value is significant showing significant difference between the categories