Magnitude Of Dental Anxiety And Associated Factors Among Outpatient Dental Clinics Of Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital And Mekelle General Hospital

Magnitude Of Dental Anxiety And Associated Factors Among Outpatient Dental Clinics Of Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital And Mekelle General Hospital, Northern Ethiopia

Firaol Mesfin Ayele¹*, Lidya Tadesse²

¹Department of Psychiatry, Mekelle University-Collage of Health Science, Mekelle, Ethiopia.²School of Dentistry, Mekelle University-Collage of Health Science, Mekelle, Ethiopia.

Background: Dental anxiety has been reported to lead to avoidance behavior and cause a delay in regular or necessary dental treatment and this also negatively affects dental health. However, the problem remained rarely investigated in our setting and at the national level. This study aims to assess the prevalence of dental anxiety and associated factors among dental clinics of Ayder comprehensive specialized hospital and Mekelle hospital. Objectives: To assess the magnitude of dental anxiety and associated factors among dental clinics of Ayder comprehensive specialized hospital and Mekelle hospital, Mekelle, Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia, 2019. Methods: An Institutional based cross-sectional study design was conducted to assess the prevalence of dental anxiety. The study was conducted from September 2019 to November 2019 on a total sample size of 236. A systematic random sampling technique was used to select participants. A Farsi version of the MDAS questionnaire was used to collect the data. The data collected was entered into a computer for analysis mainly using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for version 21. Then, data were coded, cleaned and some consistency checks were made to assess the quality. It was done by running frequencies and cross-tabulation among various reported cases or variables. Result: Females were 1.89 times AOR=1.896, 95% CI, [1.003-3.585] higher than males to develop dental anxiety. Urban residents were 2.57 times AOR= 2.576, 95% CI, [1.060-6.259] higher to develop dental anxiety than those who reside in rural. Regarding avoidance of dental care, those who avoid dental care were 5.77 times AOR=5.768, 95% CI, [2.107-15.79] higher to develop dental anxiety than those who don’t avoid dental care. In respect of pain, patients who have experienced pain during the recent visit were 2.75 times higher AOR= 2.747, 95% CI, [1.101-6.854] higher to develop dental anxiety than those who didn’t experience pain.Conclusion: The magnitude of dental anxiety among patients visiting Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital and Mekelle General Hospital is high as 53.8% in the study. Sex of the respondent, residence, pain during a recent visit, and avoidance of dental care was found to be significantly associated with dental anxiety, which could become a barrier to receiving adequate dental care and improving the oral health of those who suffer from it.

Keywords: Dental Anxiety, Magnitude, outpatient dental clinics

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Firaol Mesfin Ayele, Lidya Tadesse. Magnitude Of Dental Anxiety And Associated Factors Among Outpatient Dental Clinics Of Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital And Mekelle General Hospital, Northern Ethiopia. International Journal of Dental Research and Reviews, 2022, 5:51.

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