Anxiety in Children Visiting Dental Clinic in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Eastern Nepal
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The objectives of this study were to determine the perceived anxiety levels in children visiting dental OPD. Convenient sampling technique was used in children aged 8-12 years visiting the department of Pedodontics and preventive dentistry at BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. One hundred and twenty patients participated in the study. The total perceived levels of anxiety in children had a mean of 70.65, Standard error of mean= 1.142and standard deviation=12.506. Cronbach's Alpha for domain showed high value of .857 which denotes reliability of the questionnaire used. There are no perceived differences in anxiety levels with respect to dental settings in patients visiting dental clinic.
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