Research Article
Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Its Relationship with Dental Anxiety among Pregnant Women in Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Table 2
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD): distribution of items’ responses of pregnant women.
| GAD questionnaire items | Mean ± SD | Not at all sure | Several days | Over half the days | Nearly every day |
| Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge | 0.98 ± 0.93 | 260 (33.3) | 361 (46.3) | 72 (9.2) | 87 (11.2) | Not being able to stop or control worrying | 0.85 ± 0.92 | 328 (42.1) | 317 (40.6) | 62 (7.9) | 73 (9.4) | Worrying too much about different things | 1.16 ± 0.98 | 198 (25.4) | 380 (48.7) | 79 (10.1) | 123 (15.8) | Trouble relaxing | 1.12 ± 0.99 | 227 (29.1) | 341 (43.7) | 100 (12.8) | 112 (14.4) | Being so restless that it is hard to sit still | 0.94 ± 0.92 | 283 (36.3) | 338 (43.3) | 83 (10.6) | 76 (9.7) | Becoming easily annoyed or irritable | 1.31 ± 1.02 | 162 (20.8) | 375 (48.1) | 80 (10.3) | 163 (20.9) | Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen | 1.17 ± 1.05 | 226 (29) | 346 (44.4) | 61 (7.8) | 147 (18.8) |
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