The Prevalence of Dental Anxiety Associated with Pain among Chinese Adult Patients in Guangzhou

Table 2

Participant responses for the MDAS.

Item name	Not anxious	Slightly anxious	Fairly anxious	Very anxious	Extremely anxious
Before going for treatment	73 (39.9%)	37 (20.2%)	55 (30.1%)	18 (9.8%)	0 (0%)
Waiting for treatment	90 (49.2%)	19 (10.4%)	74 (40.4%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Drilling	19 (10.4%)	36 (19.7%)	18 (9.8%)	110 (60.1%)	0 (0%)
Cleaning	36 (19.7%)	72 (39.3%)	56 (30.6%)	0 (0%)	19 (10.4%)
Local anesthetic injections	37 (20.2%)	0 (0%)	18 (9.8%)	36 (19.7%)	92 (50.3%)

Frequency analysis.