Research Article
Dental Anxiety among Medical and Paramedical Undergraduate Students of Malaysia
Table 3
Year-wise distribution of study subjects by the level of dental anxiety and field of study.
| | Level of anxiety | Year | Total
n (%) | P value | First
n (%) | Second
n (%) | Third
n (%) | Fourth
n (%) | Fifth
n (%) |
| | Dental | | Low | 23 (7.47) | 35 (11.36) | 37 (12.01) | 34 (11.04) | 31 (10.06) | 160 (51.95) | 0.02 | | Moderate | 36 (11.69) | 35 (11.36) | 15 (4.87) | 24 (7.79) | 16 (5.19) | 126 (40.91) | | High | 6 (1.95) | 6 (1.95) | 3 (0.97) | 6 (1.95) | 1 (0.32) | 22 (7.14) | | Total | 65 (21.10) | 76 (24.68) | 55 (17.86) | 64 (21.10) | 48 (15.58) | 308 (100) |
| | Medical | | Low | 56 (10.33) | 38 (7.01) | 51 (9.41) | 44 (8.12) | 10 (1.85) | 199 (36.72) | 0.28 | | Moderate | 53 (9.78) | 41 (7.56) | 80 (14.76) | 50 (9.23) | 13 (2.40) | 237 (43.73) | | High | 27 (4.98) | 17 (3.14) | 43 (7.93) | 15 (2.77) | 4 (0.74) | 106 (19.56) | | Total | 136 (25.09) | 96 (17.71) | 174 (32.10) | 109 (20.11) | 27 (4.98) | 542 (100) |
| | Pharmacy | | Low | 18 (10.34) | 14 (8.05) | 12 (6.90) | 12 (6.90) | | 56 (32.18) | 0.31 | | Moderate | 19 (10.92) | 15 (8.62) | 17 (9.77) | 28 (16.09) | 79 (45.40) | | High | 5 (2.87) | 11 (6.32) | 10 (5.75) | 13 (7.47) | 39 (22.41) | | Total | 42 (24.14) | 40 (22.99) | 39 (22.41) | 53 (30.46) | 174 (100) |
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Data are presented in proportion and compared by Chi square test. , statistically significant.
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