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dc.contributor.authorHeyeraas, Christine Nordbø
dc.contributor.authorJensen, Silje Nyborg
dc.contributor.authorStabell, Vilde Bjørkli
dc.contributor.authorJohnsen, Jan Are Kolset
dc.contributor.authorDrachev, Sergei Nikolaevich
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-15T08:57:33Z
dc.date.available2023-11-15T08:57:33Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-07
dc.description.abstractInformation about oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) and dental anxiety (DA) in Russian young adults is scarce. We investigated how DA is associated with OHRQoL in a group of medical and dental students in North-West Russia. The study had a cross-sectional design and included 807 students aged 18–25 years who attended the Northern State Medical University in Arkhangelsk. OHRQoL and DA were measured by the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) and Corah’s Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS), respectively. A questionnaire collected information on socio-demographics and self-reported oral health (OH) characteristics. A dental examination was executed to assess dental caries and oral hygiene. We observed differences in the OHIP-14 scores between dentally anxious and non-anxious students: unadjusted incidence rate ratio [IRR] = 1.65, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.29–2.12; after adjustment for socio-demographics and clinically assessed OH: IRR = 1.58, 95% CI: 1.23–2.02; after adjustment for socio-demographics, clinically assessed OH, and self-reported OH characteristics: IRR = 1.27, 95% CI: 0.99–1.63. The differences between estimated marginal means for the DAS categories in the models were 2.92, 2.51, and 1.24, respectively. Minimal clinically important differences of OHIP-14 fell between 1.68 and 2.51. We found a negative statistical association between DA and OHRQoL in our study sample, but after adjustment for potential confounders, the association lost its clinical importance.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHeyeraas, Jensen, Stabell, Johnsen JAK, Drachev SN. Is Dental Anxiety Associated with Oral Health-Related Quality of Life? Assessment of Statistical Significance and Clinical Meaningfulness in a Sample of Russian Medical and Dental Students. Dentistry Journal. 2023;11(11)en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2193154
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/dj11110260
dc.identifier.issn2304-6767
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/31790
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.journalDentistry Journal
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dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleIs Dental Anxiety Associated with Oral Health-Related Quality of Life? Assessment of Statistical Significance and Clinical Meaningfulness in a Sample of Russian Medical and Dental Studentsen_US
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dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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