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- Title
Associação entre bruxismo e estresse em policiais militares.
- Authors
Carvalho, Swellya da Costa Aroucha; de Carvalho, Andréa Lúcia Almeida; de Lucena, Sílvia Carneiro; de Siqueira Coelho, Jeanne Paiva; de Araújo, Thayse Pacelly Brandão
- Abstract
Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of bruxism and emotional stress in military policemen and test their association. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in members of the Military Police of the State of Maranhão in São Luís, MA. Sample was composed by 81 male subjects (mean age = 33.5 years). Bruxism was diagnosed according to clinical criteria - presence of aligned wear facets associated with at least one of the following signs and symptoms: self-report of bruxism grinding sounds, pain to palpation of the masseter and temporal muscles, report of morning masticatory muscle discomfort and/or masseter muscle hypertrophy. To diagnose stress the Stress Symptoms Inventory was applied. Results: The prevalence of bruxism was 33.3% and frequency of emotional stress was 13.6%. The stress prevalence in individuals with bruxism was significantly higher than that in subjects without bruxism (Chi-square test, P=0.003). Conclusion: Within the limitations of this study, it can be concluded that stress was associated with bruxism in this sample of policemen.
- Subjects
MARANHAO (Brazil); BRAZIL; PSYCHOLOGICAL research; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; BRUXISM; MILITARY police; MILITARY personnel; HYPERTROPHY; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Revista Odonto Ciencia, 2008, Vol 23, Issue 2, p125
- ISSN
0102-9460
- Publication type
Article