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

Table 4

The correlation between the MDAS score and other variables.

Variables	Spearman correlation	value
Gender	−0.085	0.324
Age	−0.034	0.644
Educational level	−0.096	0.197
Employment	−0.009	0.909
Self-perceived oral health	0.061	0.415
Dental experience	−0.019	0.804
First dental visit	−0.080	0.282
First dental experience	0.010	0.892
Frequency of dental visits	−0.337	0.001
Most recent dental experience	−0.064	0.393
The length of time since the most recent dental visit	−0.062	0.43
Postponement of the dental visit	0.033	0.653

Chi-square (degree of freedom).