Table 3 Predictors for both oral-health-related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) and psychological distress.

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

Predictors

B

Bootstrap SE

Bias-corrected 95% CI (lower bound)

Bias-corrected 95% CI (upper bound)

Direct effects

  Fear of COVID-19 on dental anxiety

0.316

0.017

0.282

0.349

  Fear of COVID-19 on depression

0.302

0.023

0.259

0.347

  Fear of COVID-19 on anxiety

0.289

0.023

0.246

0.334

  Fear of COVID-19 on stress

0.282

0.023

0.237

0.328

  Fear of COVID-19 on OHRQoL

−0.354

0.089

−0.530

−0.183

  Dental anxiety on depression

0.220

0.024

0.174

0.266

  Dental anxiety on anxiety

0.217

0.023

0.174

0.264

  Dental anxiety on stress

0.230

0.024

0.183

0.276

  Dental anxiety on OHRQoL

−0.697

0.095

−0.892

−0.519

Indirect effects of fear of COVID-19 through dental anxiety

  Anxiety

0.069

0.009

0.053

0.088

  Depression

0.070

0.009

0.053

0.086

  Stress

0.073

0.009

0.057

0.092

  OHRQoL

−0.220

0.033

−0.290

−0.159

  1. B unstandardized coefficient, SE standard error, CI confidence interval.