Dental Anxiety among Medical and Paramedical Undergraduate Students of Malaysia

Table 2

Distribution of study subjects according to field of study and level of dental anxiety.

Level of anxiety	Faculty			Total; N (%)	P value
	Dental; n (%)	Medical; n (%)	Pharmacy; n (%)
Low	160 (15.63)	199 (19.43)	56 (5.47)	415 (40.53)	<0.001
Moderate	126 (12.30)	237 (23.14)	79 (7.71)	442 (43.16)
High	22 (2.15)	106 (10.35)	39 (3.81)	167 (16.31)
Mean score	11.95 ± 4.21	13.80 ± 4.99	14.49 ± 5.09		<0.001

Data is presented in proportion and mean ± SD. Chi square test; one-way ANOVA test.
, highly significant.