Fibromyalgia syndrome and dental anxiety

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 5 Correlations between age, duration of complaints, Fibromyalgia syndrome severity, and scores of dental anxiety, anxiety and depression scales in the Fibromyalgia syndrome patients

		Age	FM duration of complaints	FIQ	HAD anxiety	HAD depression
FM duration of complaints	r	.336^**
FM duration of complaints	p	.007
FIQ	r	− .233	− .083
FIQ	p	.066	.516
HAD anxiety	r	− .259*	− .171	.740**
HAD anxiety	p	.040	.182	.000
HAD depression	r	− .147	− .189	.656**	.892^**
HAD depression	p	.251	.138	.000	.000
MDAS	r	− .162	− .190	.381**	.607**	.635**
MDAS	p	.204	.137	.002	.000	.000

r, Spearman correlation coefficient; p, p value; **Significance level p < 0.01; *Significance level p < 0.05; FM, fibromyalgia syndrome; FIQ, fibromyalgia impact questionnaire; HAD, hospital anxiety and depression scale; MDAS, modified dental anxiety scale