Table 2 Prevalence of university students according to level of dental fear (n = 8514)
From: Dental fear, tobacco use and alcohol use among university students in Finland: a national survey
Dental fear among all | Dental fear among women | Dental fear among men | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Very afraid | Some-what afraid | Not at all afraid | p | Very afraid | Some-what afraid | Not at all afraid | p | Very afraid | Some-what afraid | Not at all afraid | p | |
Age | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |||
(n) | (n) | (n) | (n) | (n) | (n) | (n) | (n) | (n) | ||||
≤19 | 4.0 | 31.8 | 64.2 | <0.001 | 4.7 | 34.7 | 60.6 | <0.001 | 1.5 | 22.3 | 76.2 | <0.001 |
(100) | (800) | (1616) | (91) | (669) | (1168) | (9) | (131) | (448) | ||||
20 | 4.4 | 30.6 | 65 | 6.2 | 37.8 | 55.9 | 1.9 | 20.4 | 77.7 | |||
(95) | (657) | (1398) | (78) | (474) | (701) | (17) | (183) | (697) | ||||
21–24 | 6.8 | 34.8 | 58.4 | 9.8 | 40.2 | 50 | 2.6 | 27.1 | 70.3 | |||
(148) | (753) | (1263) | (125) | (512) | (638) | (23) | (241) | (625) | ||||
25–29 | 6.5 | 37.4 | 56.1 | 7.7 | 41.4 | 50.9 | 4.6 | 31.3 | 64 | |||
(60) | (347) | (520) | (43) | (232) | (285) | (17) | (115) | (235) | ||||
30–39 | 7.7 | 37.6 | 54.7 | 8.9 | 39.3 | 51.8 | 5.2 | 34.2 | 60.6 | |||
(37) | (181) | (263) | (29) | (128) | (169) | (8) | (53) | (94) | ||||
40+ | 6.9 | 35.5 | 57.6 | 8.9 | 37.9 | 53.3 | 0 | 27.4 | 72.6 | |||
(19) | (48) | (159) | (19) | (81) | (114) | (0) | (17) | (45) | ||||
General mood | ||||||||||||
Positive | 5.1 | 33.0 | 61.9 | 0.001 | 6.6 | 37.7 | 55.6 | 0.030 | 2.3 | 24.0 | 73.6 | 0.001 |
1 to + 10 | (393) | (2521) | (4727) | (331) | (1884) | (2777) | (62) | (637) | (1950) | |||
Neutral | 6.8 | 40.0 | 58.1 | 8.2 | 42.9 | 48.9 | 4.8 | 35.7 | 59.5 | |||
0 | (21) | (124) | (165) | (15) | (79) | (90) | (6) | (45) | (75) | |||
Negative | 8.0 | 33.9 | 53.2 | 10.3 | 35.0 | 54.7 | 3.3 | 31.7 | 65.0 | |||
−10 to −1 | (45) | (191) | (327) | (39) | (133) | (208) | (6) | (58) | (119) | |||
Feelings in social situations | ||||||||||||
Positive | 5.1 | 31.9 | 63.1 | <0.001 | 6.7 | 36.6 | 56.7 | 0.005 | 2.1 | 23.5 | 74.4 | 0.001 |
1 to + 10 | (311) | (1955) | (3867) | (264) | (1140) | (2235) | (47) | (515) | (1632) | |||
Neutral | 4.2 | 35.3 | 60.5 | 5.2 | 42.4 | 52.4 | 2.6 | 23.8 | 73.6 | |||
0 | (26) | (218) | (373) | (20) | (162) | (200) | (6) | (56) | (173) | |||
Negative | 6.9 | 37.6 | 55.5 | 8.2 | 40.0 | 51.8 | 4.0 | 31.9 | 64.1 | |||
−10 to −1 | (122) | (663) | (979) | (101) | (494) | (640) | (21) | (169) | (339) | |||
Tobacco use | ||||||||||||
Not at all | 5.0 | 33.3 | 61.7 | <0.001 | 6.4 | 37.2 | 56.4 | <0.001 | 2.1 | 25 | 72.9 | 0.002 |
(334) | (2231) | (4135) | (289) | (1692) | (2564) | (45) | (539) | (1571) | ||||
Occasionally | 5.8 | 33.3 | 60.9 | 8.1 | 40.3 | 51.6 | 2.5 | 23.2 | 74.3 | |||
(74) | (425) | (776) | (61) | (304) | (389) | (13) | (121) | (387) | ||||
Regularly | 9.5 | 33.4 | 57.1 | 13.6 | 38.9 | 47.5 | 5.7 | 28.3 | 66.0 | |||
(51) | (180) | (308) | (35) | (100) | (122) | (16) | (80) | (186) | ||||
Use of alcohol | ||||||||||||
No | 5.4 | 35.1 | 59.6 | 0.217 | 6.3 | 38.5 | 55.3 | 0.551 | 3.5 | 28.1 | 68.4 | 0.029 |
(93) | (609) | (1035) | (73) | (449) | (645) | (20) | (160) | (390) | ||||
Yes | 5.4 | 32.9 | 61.7 | 7.1 | 37.5 | 55.4 | 2.3 | 24.3 | 73.5 | |||
(366) | (2227) | (4184) | (312) | (1647) | (2430) | (54) | (580) | (1754) | ||||
Alcohol AUDIT (sum score) | ||||||||||||
7 or less | 5.3 | 33.8 | 60.9 | 0.083 | 6.7 | 37.4 | 56 | 0.093 | 1.9 | 24.4 | 73.7 | 0.497 |
(241) | (1524) | (2749) | (217) | (1219) | (1827) | (24) | (305) | (922) | ||||
8 or more | 5.5 | 31.1 | 63.4 | 8.4 | 38.0 | 53.6 | 2.6 | 24.2 | 73.2 | |||
(125) | (703) | (1435) | (95) | (428) | (603) | (30) | (275) | (832) | ||||