Dental Anxiety Level Assessment Among Students and House Officers of a Public Sector in Islamabad
Objective: To evaluate the anxiety level attributed to the dental procedures among final year BDS students and house officers. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in School of Dentistry for the period of whole one month i.e. August 2024. The modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) Questionnaire was given to participants that included five questions with scoring scale from “Not Anxious” to “Extremely Anxious” to calculate the anxiety level of these participants regarding different dental procedures. Results: The mean anxiety level of final year dental students was 77.92 + 2.97 while for house officers it was found to be 31.02 + 2.56 (p. value= 0.001). The mean anxiety level scoring among female participants was 53.92 + 3.28 while mean anxiety level scoring among male participants was 40.18 + 3.64 which was statistically significant (p. value= 0.001). Conclusions: The current study concluded that increased level of anxiety was depicted in the dental students as compared to the house officers that revealed the declined anxiety attributed to the dental procedures due to the enhanced clinical expertise among them.
Authors
- Khadim Hussain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1415-4647)
- Emaan Mansoor
- Uzma Hassan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2930-5169)
- Afsheen Mansoor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1666-2987)
- Muhammad Mohsin Javaid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2130-5156)
Institutions
- International Islamic University, Islamabad (PK)
- Islamia University of Bahawalpur (PK)
- Riphah International University (PK)
- Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of PIMS-Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University
- Published
- 2024-11-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.48036/apims.v20i4.1106
- Primary Topic
- Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00