Associations between fear of COVID-19, dental anxiety, and psychological distress among Iranian adolescents

• DOI: 10.1038/s41405-022-00112-w
• Publication Date: 2022-06-27T12:04:47Z
• Authors: Maryam Tofangchiha; Chung-Ying Lin; Janneke F. M. Sch...; Anders Broström; Hanna Ahonen; Mark D. Griffiths; Santosh Kumar Tad...; Amir H. Pakpour
• Keywords: Depression; Association (psychology); Bootstrapping (finance)

The present study evaluated the association of fear COVID-19 with dental anxiety, oral health-related quality life (OHRQoL), and psychological distress (depression, anxiety stress), as well exploring mediating role in OHRQoL distress.A cross-sectional was conducted among adolescents high schools Qazvin city (Iran) from March-June 2021, recruited through a two-stage cluster sampling method. All completed self-administered survey assessing (i) COVID-19, (ii) depression, stress, (iii) OHRQoL, (iv) anxiety. Structural equation modelling used to evaluate all hypothesised associations, model fit estimated.A total 2429 participated study. conceptual fitted data well. Fear had direct effect on (B = 0.316; bias-corrected bootstrapping 95% CI 0.282, 0.349), depression 0.302; 0.259, 0.347), 0.289; 0.246, 0.334), stress 0.282; 0.237, 0.328), -0.354; -0.530, -0.183). Also, mediated OHRQoL.High levels were associated poorer OHRQoL. Moreover, positively stress. Increased also increased