Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Pediatria, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Acta Odontol Latinoam. 2021 Aug 1;34(2):195-200. doi: 10.54589/aol.34/2/195.
This study compared prevalence and risk factors of dental anxiety between men and women. The sample consisted of 244 participants (n = 122 men) aged 18 years or older who sought dental care at a public Dental Education Institution from March 2018 to November 2019. The Modified Dental Anxiety Scale was used to determine presence of dental anxiety. The following risk factors were recorded: age, years of schooling, preoperative pain, and type of dental treatment. Bivariate analysis was used to assess the difference in dental anxiety between the sexes. Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the association between dental anxiety and gender, regardless of the influence of other variables. Total prevalence of dental anxiety was 18% (n = 44), 22.9% (28/122) in women and 13.1% (16/122) in men (p = 0.04). Gender (odds ratio: 1.83, 95% confidence interval: 0.92-3.62) and preoperative pain (odds ratio: 2.095, 95% confidence interval: 0.97-4.49) were associated with dental anxiety. We concluded that women had a higher prevalence of dental anxiety. Preoperative pain was associated with dental anxiety regardless of gender.
本研究比较了男性和女性的牙科焦虑症的患病率和危险因素。样本由 244 名参与者（n=122 名男性）组成，年龄在 18 岁及以上，他们于 2018 年 3 月至 2019 年 11 月在一所公立牙科学院接受治疗。使用改良牙科焦虑量表来确定是否存在牙科焦虑症。记录了以下危险因素：年龄、受教育年限、术前疼痛和牙科治疗类型。采用单因素分析来评估性别之间的牙科焦虑差异。采用多元逻辑回归分析来分析牙科焦虑与性别的关联，而不考虑其他变量的影响。牙科焦虑症的总患病率为 18%（n=44），女性为 22.9%（28/122），男性为 13.1%（16/122）（p=0.04）。性别（优势比：1.83，95%置信区间：0.92-3.62）和术前疼痛（优势比：2.095，95%置信区间：0.97-4.49）与牙科焦虑症相关。我们得出结论，女性牙科焦虑症的患病率更高。无论性别如何，术前疼痛都与牙科焦虑症相关。
