Table 1 Participants characteristics (N = 2429).

From: Associations between fear of COVID-19, dental anxiety, and psychological distress among Iranian adolescents

 

n (%) or Mean ± SD

Demographics

  Age

15.28 ± 2.79

  Gender (male)

1068 (43.97%)

Number of family member

  ≤4

1676 (69.0%)

  5–7

482 (19.84%)

  >7

271 (11.16%)

  Fathers' educational year

10.22 ± 5.30

  Mothers' educational year

8.23 ± 5.37

Last time visit dentist

  <6 months

296 (12.2%)

  6 months to 1 year

504 (20.7%)

  1–2 years

679 (28.0%)

  >2 years

441 (18.2%)

  Never

509 (21.0%)

Frequency of using dental brush

  Never

181 (7.5%)

  Less than once per month

124 (5.1%)

  Less than once per week

131 (5.4%)

  Once per week

358 (14.1%)

  Once per day

1128 (46.9%)

  Twice per day

507 (21.0%)

Frequency of using dental floss

  Never

984 (40.5%)

  Less than once per month

437 (18.0%)

  Less than once per week

261 (10.7%)

  Once per week

350 (14.4%)

  Once per day

397 (16.3%)

Health outcomes

  Dental anxietya

17.52 ± 6.04

  Oral health-related quality of lifeb

73.44 ± 27.54

  Fear of COVID-19c

22.96 ± 6.96

  Depressiond

9.65 ± 3.93

  Anxietyd

9.17 ± 4.98

  Stressd

8.84 ± 5.03

  1. aAssessed using Modified Dental Anxiety Scale.
  2. bAssessed using PedsQL Oral Health Scale.
  3. cAssessed using Fear of COVID-19 Scale.
  4. dAssessed using Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale-21.