Abstract
Objectives: The aims were to analyze whether the levels of self-reported bruxism and anxiety associate among otherwise healthy subjects, and to investigate the independent effects of anxiety and stress experience on the probability of self-reported bruxism. Study Design: As part of a study on irregular shift work, a questionnaire was mailed to all employees of the Finnish Broadcasting Company with irregular shift work (number of subjects: n=750) and to an equal number of randomly selected employees in the same company with regular eight-hour daytime work. Results: The response rates were 82.3% (56.6 % men) and 34.3 % (46.7 % men), respectively. Among the 874 respondents, those aware of more frequent bruxism reported significantly more severe anxiety (p<0.001). Adjusted by age and gender, frequent bruxers were more than two times more likely to report severe stress (odds ratio 2.5; 95% confidence interval 1.5-4.2) and anxiety (odds ratio 2.2; 95% confidence interval 1.3-3.6) than non-or-mild bruxers. Conclusions: Present findings suggest that self-reported bruxism and psychological states such as anxiety or stress may be related in working age subjects. Key words:Bruxism, self-report, anxiety, stress, adult.
Highlights
In psychologically healthy adult populations the relationship of anxious mood and bruxism has remained inconsistent [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]
Subjects aware of more frequent bruxism tended to report significantly more severe anxiety, and a clear-cut difference was seen in the anxiety scores between severe bruxists and non-or-mild bruxists (p
Multinomial logistic regression revealed that the significant associations of both anxiety and severe stress with bruxism were consistent (Table 2)
Summary
In psychologically healthy adult populations (namely, persons without a severe anxiety disorder or other major psychological problems) the relationship of anxious mood and bruxism has remained inconsistent [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]. Recent studies performed on multiprofessional media personnel, who could be considered as under sustained pressure at work due to irregular shifts, intense ongoing technological changes, deadlines, and demands involved in direct broadcasting, suggest that subjectively conceptualized awareness of bruxism (i.e., selfreported grinding or clenching, during sleep or while awake) may reveal, among others, perceived stress [16] and dissatisfaction with one’s work shift schedule [17]. Those previous studies have neither controlled for anxiety nor assessed the relationship of anxiety and severity of bruxism. The aim of the present study was to further investigate whether anxiety and stress experiences, both measured with validity tested methods, associated with levels of self-reported bruxism
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