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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of participants

From: Interrater agreement between children’s self-reported and their mothers’ proxy-reported dental anxiety: a Chinese cross-sectional study

Parameters

Children (n = 100)

Mothers (n = 100)

Age, years

8.5 (7.0–10.8)

40.0 (34.0–42.0)

Sex, female

38 (38)

100 (100)

Grade 1

26 (26)

Grade 2

24 (24)

Grade 3

13 (13)

Grade 4

12 (12)

Grade 5

12 (12)

Grade 6

13 (13)

Dental visits

 

 Not having dental visit previously

63 (63)

 Having dental visit previously

37 (37)

Mean number

0.6 ± 0.9

One visit

24 (34)

Two visits

9 (9)

Three visits

3 (3)

Four visits

1 (1)

Sibling

 

 Not having

66 (66)

 

 Having one

44 (44)

 

Mother’s education background

  

 Bachelor’s degree

63 (63)

 Master’s degree

31 (35)

 Doctorate degree

6 (6)

  1. Data are presented as the median (interquartile range), mean ± standard deviation, or n (%)