Patient-Dentist Relationship and Dental Anxiety among Young Sudanese Adult Patients

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-11-2018

Publication Title

International Dental Journal

First page number:

1

Last page number:

9

Abstract

Objective To evaluate the effects of the patient–dentist relationship on dental anxiety among young adult Sudanese patients. Materials and methods In this cross‐sectional study, 864 patients attending outpatient dental clinics of the governmental dental hospitals in Khartoum, Sudan were recruited; 51.2% were males and 48.8% were females, with an age range of 18–24 years. The questionnaire used evaluated the socio‐demographics, education levels, economic status, patient experience, and also included the Dental Anxiety Scale, Corah (J Dent Res 1969 48: 596). Results High dental anxiety was reported by 22.2%, 29.5% reported moderate dental anxiety, and 48.3% reported low or no dental anxiety… See full text for full abstract.

Keywords

Corah scale; Dental anxiety; Dental fear; Dental visit; Patient-dentist relationship

Disciplines

Dentistry

Language

English

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