Open AccessSelf-Report of the Perception of Stress and Signs of Bruxism Generated during the Pandemic in Student of the Health Area
Author(s) -
Margarita Mahetzi Martínez-Hernández,
Ramón González-Alamilla,
Jairo Eduardo Gutiérrez-Sánchez,
Carlos Enrique CuevasSuárez,
César MonjarásÁvila,
Ana Josefina Monjarás-Ávila
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
odovtos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2215-3411
pISSN - 1659-1046
DOI - 10.15517/ijds.2022.50877
Subject(s) - pandemic , perceived stress scale , stress (linguistics) , perception , psychology , analysis of variance , medicine , covid-19 , clinical psychology , descriptive statistics , association (psychology) , social isolation , demography , gerontology , audiology , dentistry , disease , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , neuroscience , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychotherapist
Bruxism is the repetitive muscle-mandibular behavior characterized by clenching and/or grinding of the teeth, which reflects the presence of one or more underlying conditions or factors. The objective of this descriptive study was to determine the association between bruxism and stress self-perceived during the pandemic, as well as their frequency by gender and academic area. An interrogation and self-perceived stress scale PSS-14 were applied to students from the different areas of the Institute of Health Sciences (ICSa) to determine the presence or absence of stress and bruxism symptom, a Chi-square was used for the comparison between variables, considering a value of p 0.005. ICSa students between 18 and 24 age perceive symptoms of bruxism and high levels of stress caused during the pandemic.