Dental anxiety in the municipal personnnel of Biblián, Ecuador, 2018
Int. j. med. surg. sci. (Print)
; 5(2): 59-62, jun. 2018.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to determine the degree of dental anxiety in the staff of the Municipality of Biblián, Ecuador. A cross-sectional study was carried out using the modified Corah dental anxiety scale in its Spanish version. A total of 159 employees, 72.3% men and 27.7% women, were included. The most prevalent level of dental anxiety was mild or none (37.1%), followed by moderate anxiety (35.6%), and severe anxiety or phobia (13.8%). The most prevalent degree of anxiety in men was mild or null (28.9%), and in women this was moderate at 8.8%. In relation to age, the group aged 31 to 50 years had the highest prevalence of severe dental anxiety or phobia (9.4%). The staff of the Municipality of Biblián presented a high prevalence of mild or no anxiety
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Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Dental Anxiety
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Ecuador
Language:
English
Journal:
Int. j. med. surg. sci. (Print)
Journal subject:
Surgery
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Medicine
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ecuador
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad Católica de Cuenca/EC