REN Lei-xi, et al. A comparative study of dental anxiety and the related factors in freshmen from China,India and Nepal at some university. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 35(9):1420-1423(2010)
REN Lei-xi, et al. A comparative study of dental anxiety and the related factors in freshmen from China,India and Nepal at some university. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 35(9):1420-1423(2010) DOI: 10.13406/j.cnki.cyxb.2010.09.030.
A comparative study of dental anxiety and the related factors in freshmen from China,India and Nepal at some university
Objective:The purpose of this study was to assess the dental anxiety levels of the freshmen class from China
India and Nepal in Chongqing Medical University
and to assess the influence of nationality
gender
family economic status on dental anxiety.Methods:The 310 subjects were made to answer a simple questionnaire on dental anxiety.Then the dental anxiety level was analysized by chi-square test with SAS 9.13.Results:The prevalence of dental anxiety in China is the highest
on the contrary
the prevalence of dental anxiety in Nepal is the lowest(P<0.05).The prevalence of dental anxiety in the lowest income group is the highest(P<0.05).Female gets dental anxiety more easily than male(P<0.05).Conclusion:There is some correlation between nationality and dental anxiety;there is some correlation between gender and dental anxiety
and there is some correlation between family economic status and dental anxiety.