The relationship between dental anxiety and other kinds of anxiety: a naturalistic, cross-sectional and comparative study

Table 4 Multivariate linear regression models with kinds of anxiety as the dependent variable using robust standard errors

	IDAF-4c+			SubA			STAI-state			SANB-5
	Coef	t	p	Coef	t	p	Coef	t	p	Coef	t	p
Reason for consultation			n.s			n.s			n.s			n.s
Age			n.s	− 0.01	− 2.91	0.005			n.s			n.s
Sex			n.s			n.s			n.s			n.s
Age onset dental problems			n.s	0.04	2,26	0.026			n.s			n.s
Appraisal of one’s life			n.s			n.s			n.s			n.s
Appraisal of one’s upbringing			n.s	− 0.90	− 2,60	0.011			n.s			n.s
Trauma at childhood			n.s			n.s			n.s			n.s
Neuroticism	0.14	2.12	0.037			n.s			n.s			n.s
Self-efficacy (GSW-6)			n.s	− 0.13	− 4.30	< .001	− 1.01	− 2.56	0.012			n.s
Loneliness (LS-S)			n.s	0.14	3.13	0.002	1.79	3.04	0.003	0.62	3,06	0.003
N	98			99			96			99
F/p	2.7/0.007			11.5/< 0.0001			4.1/< 0.0001			7.7/< 0.0001
R²	0.17			0.51			0.37			0.46

LS-S = Loneliness Scale-short version; GSW-6 = Generalisierte Selbstwirksamkeit (generalized self-efficacy); SubA = Skala Subklinische Angst (subclinical anxiety scale); SANB-5 = Skala Angst vor negative Bewertung (short version of the Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale); STAI = State-Trait-Anxiety-Inventory, state subscale; IDAF-4c+ = Index of Dental Anxiety and Fear-four dimensions; Coef = regression coefficient; t = t-value on a t-distribution; p = level of significance of the controlled association between the index independent and dependent variables; N = sample size encompassing all cases with full data in model; F = F-value for significance of whole model; R² = proportion of variance of dependent variable explained by whole model

ISSN: 2050-7283