Table 1 Distribution of participants according to sociodemographic factors, BMI, dental anxiety and Frankel’s classification
N Variable | Dental AnxietyA | Dental Behavior | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | p- valueC | Uncooperative | Cooperative | p- valueC | ||
Gender | Male | 206 (44.7) | 233 (47.5) | 0.392 | 143 (42.9) | 296 (47.8) | 0.150 |
Female | 255 (55.3) | 258 (52.5) | 190 (57.1) | 323 (52.2) | |||
Age (years) | 6–7 | 197 (42.7) | 196 (39.9) | 0.139 | 138 (41.4) | 255 (41.2) | 0.065 |
8–9 | 162 (35.1) | 159 (32.4) | 125 (37.5) | 196 (31.7) | |||
10–11 | 102 (22.1) | 136 (27.7) | 70 (21) | 168 (27.1) | |||
Father education | ≤ High school | 203 (44.0) | 217 (44.2) | 0.960 | 159 (47.7) | 261 (42.2) | 0.098 |
> high school | 258 (56.0) | 274 (55.8) | 174 (52.3) | 358 (57.8) | |||
Mother education | ≤ High school | 197 (42.7) | 205 (41.8) | 0.759 | 142 (42.6) | 260 (42.0) | 0.849 |
> high school | 264 (57.3) | 286 (58.2) | 191 (57.4) | 359 (58.0) | |||
Family income | Low | 40 (8.7) | 39 (7.9) | 0.061 | 33 (9.9) | 46 (7.4) | 0.283 |
Moderate | 226 (49.0) | 207 (42.2) | 155 (46.5) | 278 (44.9) | |||
High | 195 (42.3) | 245 (49.9) | 145 (43.5) | 295 (47.7) | |||
Child aware of his dental problem | Yes | 266 (70.9) | 290 (77.1) | 0.053 | 182 (72.5) | 374 (74.8) | 0.500 |
No | 109 (29.1) | 86 (22.9) | 69 (27.5) | 126 (25.2) | |||
Previous dental treatment | Yes | 163 (35.4) | 210 (42.8) | 0.019* | 125 (37.5) | 248 (40.1) | 0.446 |
No | 298 (64.6) | 281 (57.2) | 208 (62.5) | 371 (59.9) | |||
BMI | Overweight | 182 (39.5) | 82 (16.7) | < 0.001* | 161 (48.3) | 103 (16.7) | < 0.001* |
Underweight | 68 (14.8) | 124 (25.3) | 37 (11.1) | 155 (25.1) | |||
Normal | 211 (45.8) | 284 (58.0) | 135 (40.5) | 360 (58.3) | |||
Total | 461 (100) | 491 (100) | 333 (100) | 619 (100) | |||