The Associations among Dental Anxiety, Self-Esteem, and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The current evidence on the relationships among child oral health-related quality of life, dental anxiety, and self-esteem indicates that we need to investigate these relationships to improve our understanding of the associations. Therefore, the current research aimed to enhance this evidence and provide an overview of the participating children's oral-health-related quality of life (as measured by the CPQ_8-10), self-esteem (as measured by the Coopersmith SEI-SF), and dental anxiety (as measured by the CFSS_DS) and how these child-related outcome measures interacted and were related to one another.

Method

A cross-sectional survey was conducted on a random sample of school children (n = 1900) aged 8 to 10 years. The questionnaire was collected thr

SUBMITTER: Alharbi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10378345 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature