Magnitude and Determinants of Dental Anxiety among Adult Patients Attending Public Dental Clinics in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania

Table 4

MDAS score for each item according to social-demographic characteristics of the participants.

Sociodemographic characteristics	Mean MDAS score for each item
	Q1 mean ± SD	Q2 mean ± SD	Q3 mean ± SD	Q4 mean ± SD	Q5 mean ± SD	Q6 mean ± SD
Sex
Male	1.62 ± 0.96	2.15 ± 1.2	1.65 ± 1.01	2.07 ± 1.13	2.34 ± 1.23	1.54 ± 1.00
Female	1.96 ± 0.94	2.66 ± 1.17	2.07 ± 1.08	2.68 ± 1.17	2.91 ± 1.23	1.57 ± 0.95
value	0.002	<0.001	0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.766
Age groups (years)
<40	1.87 ± 1.01	2.56 ± 1.22	1.94 ± 1.11	2.55 ± 1.21	2.80 ± 1.29	1.60 ± 1.01
40+	1.60 ± 0.70	2.00 ± 1.06	1.72 ± 0.85	1.93 ± 0.99	2.17 ± 1.08	1.40 ± 0.75
value	0.056	0.001	0.172	<0.001	0.001	0.163
Residence
Urban	1.84 ± 1.02	2.55 ± 1.26	2.07 ± 1.13	2.62 ± 1.19	2.88 ± 1.27	1.54 ± 0.93
Suburban	1.81 ± 0.94	2.42 ± 1.19	1.84 ± 1.05	2.37 ± 1.19	2.61 ± 1.27	1.56 ± 0.98
value	0.840	0.446	0.120	0.125	0.124	0.843
Education
Low level	1.64 ± 0.92	2.22 ± 1.30	1.72 ± 1.05	2.16 ± 1.08	2.26 ± 1.10	1.50 ± 0.91
High level	1.86 ± 0.97	2.50 ± 1.19	1.93 ± 1.07	2.48 ± 1.21	2.76 ± 1.29	1.57 ± 0.97
value	0.147	0.135	0.201	0.08	0.01	0.652
Occupation
Informal employment	1.88 ± 0.97	2.65 ± 1.20	1.96 ± 1.11	2.52 ± 1.21	2.84 ± 1.29	1.57 ± 0.96 0.961.69 ±
Employment (public)	1.69 ± 0.78	2.26 ± 1.08	1.90 ± 0.95	2.24 ± 1.13	2.57 ± 1.24	1.36 ± 0.74
Employment (private)	1.81 ± 1.04	2.33 ± 1.26	1.82 ± 1.09	2.42 ± 1.19	2.54 ± 1.27	1.64 ± 1.08
value	0.442	0.045	0.606	0.336	0.139	0.208
Marital status
With partner	1.77 ± 0.93	2.31 ± 1.13	1.88 ± 1.01	2.34 ± 1.15	2.61 ± 1.24	1.55 ± 0.92
Without partner	1.86 ± 0.99	2.57 ± 1.26	1.91 ± 1.11	2.51 ± 1.22	2.73 ± 1.31	1.56 ± 1.01
value	0.446	0.067	0.842	0.209	0.430	0.975