Magnitude and Determinants of Dental Anxiety among Adult Patients Attending Public Dental Clinics in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania

Table 5

Level of anxiety according to social-demographic characteristics of the participants.

Sociodemographic characteristics	Level of anxiety			value
	None (score ≤6) n = 39	Mild/moderate (score 7–19) n = 240	Severe/extreme (score ≥20) n = 21
Sex
Male	27 (22.0%)	88 (71.5%)	8 (6.5%)	0.001
Female	12 (6.8%)	152 (85.9%)	13 (7.3%)
Age groups (years)
<40	25 (10.3%)	196 (81.0%)	21 (8.7%)	0.002
40+	14 (24.1%)	44 (75.9%)	−
Residence
Urban	9 (13.0%)	52 (75.4%)	8 (11.6%)	0.230
Suburban	30 (13.0%)	188 (81.4%)	13 (5.6%)
Education
Low level	14 (28.0%)	32 (64.0%)	4 (8.0%)	0.002
High level	25 (10.0%)	208 (83.2%)	17 (6.8%)
Occupation
Informal employment	10 (7.7%)	110 (85.3%)	9 (7.0%)	0.121
Employment (public)	10 (17.2%)	46 (79.3%)	2 (3.4%)
Employment (private)	19 (16.8%)	84 (74.3%)	10 (8.8%)
Marital status
With partner	20 (14.6%)	110 (80.3%)	7 (5.1%)	0.409
Without partner	19 (11.7%)	130 (79.7%)	14 (8.6%)