TY - JOUR
A1 - Agarwal, Pooja
A1 - Gunjal, Shilpa
A1 - Sharma, Abhishek
T1 - Relationship between Dental Anxiety and Health Locus of Control among Physiotherapy Students
Y1 - 2013/10/1
JF - Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry
JO - J Indian Assoc Public Health Dent
SP - 66
EP - 70
VL - 11
IS - 4
UR - https://journals.lww.com/aphd/pages/default.aspx/article.asp?issn=2319-5932;year=2013;volume=11;issue=4;spage=66;epage=70;aulast=Agarwal
N2 - Aim: To assess the relationship between dental anxiety and Health Locus of Control (HLC) among Physiotherapy students of Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara.
Materials & Method: A total of 152 students participated in the study. Dental anxiety was assessed using the 5 item Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS) and Locus of Control was assessed using the 18 item Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) scale.
Results: A Statistically significant positive correlation was found between the internal dimension of MHLC and dental anxiety.
Conclusions: HLC was found to play an important role in predicting the dental anxiety among physiotherapy students.
ER -