Prevalence and predictive factors of dental anxiety in Brazilian adolescents.

Autor:	de Carvalho RW; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Pernambuco School of Dentistry, University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil. wathson@ig.com.br, de Carvalho Bezerra Falcão PG, de Luna Campos GJ, de Souza Andrade ES, do Egito Vasconcelos BC, da Silva Pereira MA
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of dentistry for children (Chicago, Ill.) [J Dent Child (Chic)] 2013 Jan-Apr; Vol. 80 (1), pp. 41-6.
Abstrakt:	Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and predicitve factors of dental anxiety among Brazilian adolescents. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of a random sample of 340 Brazilian adolescents, done between 2005 and 2010. Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale and an objective questionnaire were used to determine the degree of dental anxiety. Results: The prevalence of moderate to severe dental anxiety was approximately 18%. Dental anxiety was correlated with the following factors: gender (P<.05), age group (P<.001), degree of schooling (P<.001), access to newspapers and/or the Internet (P<02), oral hygiene frequency (P=.005), visits to the dentist (P<.02), reason for last visit to the dentist (P<.001), and experience with dental pain (P=.002). Conclusions: Dental fear and anxiety in Brazilian adolescents are associated with lack of economic resources, negligence of oral health, low educational level, female gender, and younger age.
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