The Effect of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Experienced by Pregnant Women on Sleep Bruxism and Oral Health

Background The oral health of pregnant women affects not only the systemic health of the mother but also the birth outcome of the fetus. Therefore, oral health management of pregnant women is important for both maternal and fetal health.

Objectives The study aimed to examine the effects of stress, anxiety, and depression experienced by pregnant women on sleep bruxism and oral health.

Methodology This cross-sectional study was conducted between September and November 2023 on 321 pregnant women who volunteered to participate in the study by posting on social media forum pages via the web. Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale (DASS-21), and Oral Health Impact Scale (OHIP-14-TR). Descriptive statistical methods, the Kruskal-Wallis test, Mann-Whitney-U test, and Spearman correlation test were used to analyze the data.

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Key information

Conditions

Sleep Bruxism, Adult Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Bruxism Depression Mental Disorders Mouth Diseases Nervous System Diseases Oral Disease Parasomnias Pregnancy Related Sleep Bruxism Sleep Wake Disorders Stomatognathic Diseases Stress Tooth Diseases

Age range

18 year–49 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Bartın University

Bartın, 78100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Pregnant women over the age of 18 who were pregnant, diagnosed with sleep bruxism, and who could read and write were included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Women who refused to participate in the study, who could not be contacted, who had serious dental health problems in the last six months, who had dentures, who had serious stress disorder in the last six months, who filled out the data collection form incompletely, who had hearing-vision problems or intellectual disability, and who had diagnosed psychological illness were not included in this study.

Treatment and study plan

Pregnant

Other

Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale (DASS-21), and Oral Health Impact Scale (OHIP-14-TR).

Primary outcomes

Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale

Time frame: 1 day (collected once)

Sarıçam (2018) adapted the scale developed by Lovibond and Lovibond (1995) into Turkish. In the scale consisting of depression, anxiety, and stress sub-dimensions, each sub-dimension consists of seven items. Scale items are scored from 0 to 3 (0=never and 3=always). Scores between 0 and 21 can be obtained from the scale sub-factors. Higher scores indicate higher levels of depression, anxiety, and stress.
Oral Health Impact Scale

Time frame: 1 day (collected once)

Oral Health Impact Scale (OHIP-14) with an internal consistency coefficient (Cronbach alpha) of 0.74, which was conducted by Başol et al. in 2014 for Turkish validity and reliability. The scale consists of 14 items with a 5-point Likert response scale (never-0; rarely-1; sometimes-2; often-3; very often-4) and seven subscales, each consisting of two items: functional limitation, physical pain, psychological discomfort, physical disability, psychological disability, social disability, and handicap. The total score obtained from the scale is obtained by summing the scores given to each item, and the total scale score range varies between 0 and 56.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Trakya University

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Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression Experienced by Pregnant Women on Sleep Bruxism and Oral Health: Cross-sectional Study

Important dates

Study start: 2023
Primary completion: 2023
Study completion: 2023
First posted: Jul 25, 2024
Registry last updated: Jul 25, 2024

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