Anxiety regarding dental treatment: prevalence and predictors among Brazilians

Considering the negative impact anxiety can exert over dental treatment, the scope of this study was to determine the prevalence of predictors of anxiety regarding dental treatment among Brazilians. A cross-sectional study was carried out using the Corah dental anxiety scale to assess the degree of...

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Published in:Ciência & saude coletiva 2012-07, Vol.17 (7), p.1915-1922
Main Authors: Ricardo Wathson Feitosa de Carvalho, Paulo Germano deCarvalho Bezerra Falcão, Gustavo José deLuna Campos, Alliny deSouza Bastos, Pereira, José Carlos, daSilva Pereira, Maria Auxiliadora, Maria do Socorro Orestes Cardoso
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Language:Portuguese
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Anxiety
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Summary:Considering the negative impact anxiety can exert over dental treatment, the scope of this study was to determine the prevalence of predictors of anxiety regarding dental treatment among Brazilians. A cross-sectional study was carried out using the Corah dental anxiety scale to assess the degree of anxiety regarding dental treatment among 3000 patients. The results reveal that two out of every eight Brazilian patients manifest moderate to severe anxiety regarding dental treatment. In this sample, the degree of anxiety was higher among females (p=0.007), over 20 years of age (p=0.006), without access to the Internet and/or newspapers (p=0.016), with a low frequency of oral hygiene (p=0.001), for whom the reason for the dental appointment was curative treatment, pain or another problem rather than a check up (p=0.047) and those suffering from toothache (p
ISSN:1413-8123
1678-4561
DOI:10.1590/S1413-81232012000700031