Year: 2020
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: AIM: Associating income inequality and anxiety with dental treatment in adults 18 to 44 years of age from the Sucre parish in the city of Cuenca, 2017. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The applied methodology was quantitative, the design was case-control and the communication technique was retrospective. The sample consisted of 246 patients, of whom 123 were cases and 123 controls were randomly selected from a database that had a total of 413 records corresponding to people aged 18 to 44 years. The data were obtained from the EPI info 7.1 database, the EQ-SDAI test and the Odds ratio statistical test were used. RESULTS: A greater number of cases with anxiety were found in males (78%), compared to females (45%). A greater number of cases were found in people with low economic income (69%) compared to those with high income (54%), however, this difference was not significant X2 p> 0.05. CONCLUSION: Economic income in this case is not associated with anxiety from dental treatment.
Source: Revista estudiantil CEUS
Authors: Cevallos-Romero, Sandra, Cabrera-Cabrera, Gladys, Picoita-Castro, Liliana
Institutions: Ministerio de Salud Pública, Universidad Católica de Cuenca
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Oral Surgery
Field: Dentistry
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3195095796