ArticleCureus2026
Impact of Maternal Dental Anxiety on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life of Three-to-Six-Year-Old Children: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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purposeOne of the common reasons for avoiding dental treatment in children is dental anxiety. Maternal dental anxiety is considered one of the determinants of children's dental anxiety. This may have an impact on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of children. This study aimed to assess the association of maternal dental anxiety with the OHRQoL of three-to six-year-old children.
methodsSix hundred and fifty mother-child pairs participated in this cross-sectional study. Maternal dental anxiety was assessed using Corah's Dental Anxiety Scale (CDAS). Parent-reported OHRQoL was assessed using the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS). Both scores were assessed as continuous variables, and a mean with SD was calculated. Maternal education and socioeconomic status (SES) were assessed using the modified Kuppuswamy scale. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to assess the association between CDAS scores and ECOHIS scores of children. ANOVA was used for intergroup comparison of CDAS scores and ECOHIS scores based on children's age, sex, maternal age, maternal education, and SES.
resultsA significant positive correlation was observed between the scores of CDAS and ECOHIS in the child domain (r=0.476; p < 0.001), family domain (r=0.38; p < 0.001), and total (r=0.422; p < 0.001). Mean ECOHIS scores in children with high maternal dental anxiety were higher than those with low maternal dental anxiety (t=10.420; p < 0.0001), suggestive of a poor OHRQoL.
conclusionsMaternal dental anxiety had a negative impact on the OHRQoL of children.
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