Table 6.

Associations of Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) total and DAS categories with the 14-item Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) global and domain scores among patients with chronic periodontitis and control subjects

Variable	Functional limitation (OHIP-1 + 2)	Physical pain (OHIP-3 + 4)	Psychological discomfort (OHIP-5 + 6)	Physical disability (OHIP-7 + 8)	Psychological disability (OHIP-9 + 10)	Social disability (OHIP-11 + 12)	Handicap (OHIP-13 + 14)	OHIP-14 global score
DAS total Score*	0.008	<0.001	<0.001	0.001	<0.001	NS	NS	<0.001
DAS categories†	0.010	0.001	<0.001	0.008	<0.001	NS	NS	<0.001

^*Pearson correlation.

^†Analysis of variance (ANOVA).NS, non-significant.