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Published on: January 21, 2020
[Clinical survey of the association between stress and periodontitis]
1School of Stomatology, Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, China.
Purpose:
To investigate the effects of stress on periodontitis.
Methods:
44 chronic periodontitis patients and 42 patients with healthy periodontal tissues(as control) were enrolled in the study. All subjects were required to complete a questionnaire which was mainly made up of the symptom checklist 90. Data collected included clinic parameters, psychological factors, life events and basic socio-demographics. The results were statistically assessed by SPSS 10.0 software.
Results:
There was significant difference between periodontitis group and the control group in education, marital status, and life events (P<0.05 or P<0.01). Compared with the controls, the periodontitis patients got higher scores in somatization, obsessive-compulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, the impact of sleep and diet (P<0.05 or P<0.01). In periodontitis group, there was significant correlation between CPITN, CI and depression, anxiety, interpersonal sensitivity, etc. (P<0.01 or P<0.05).
Conclusions:
In this sample, there was a close association between stress and periodontitis. Stress may be a significant risk indicator for periodontitis.
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