Reddy Kommuri Sahithi, Doshi Dolar, Kulkarni Suhas, Reddy Bandari Srikanth, Reddy Madupu Padma
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Panineeya Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
J Indian Soc Periodontol. 2016 Jul-Aug;20(4):453-459. doi: 10.4103/0972-124X.193166.
The sense of coherence (SOC) has been suggested to be highly applicable concept in the public health area because a strong SOC is stated to decrease the likelihood of perceiving the social environment as stressful. This reduces the susceptibility to the health-damaging effect of chronic stress by lowering the likelihood of repeated negative emotions to stress perception.
The demographic data and general information of subjects' oral health behaviors such as frequency of cleaning teeth, aids used to clean teeth, and dental attendance were recorded in the self-administered questionnaire. The SOC-related data were obtained using the short version of Antonovsky's SOC scale. The periodontal status was recorded based on the modified World Health Organization 1997 pro forma.
The total of 780 respondents comprising 269 (34.5%) males and 511 (65.5%) females participated in the study. A significant difference was noted among the subjects for socioeconomic status based on gender ( = 0.000). The healthy periodontal status (community periodontal index [CPI] code 0) was observed for 67 (24.9%) males and 118 (23.1%) females. The overall SOC showed statistically negative correlation with socioeconomic status scale ( = -0.287). The CPI and loss of attachment (periodontal status) were significantly and negatively correlated with SOC.
The present study concluded that a high level of SOC was associated with good oral health behaviors, periodontal status, and socioeconomic status.
连贯感（SOC）被认为是公共卫生领域中一个高度适用的概念，因为据指出，强烈的连贯感会降低将社会环境视为压力源的可能性。这通过降低对压力感知反复产生负面情绪的可能性，降低了对慢性压力的健康损害效应的易感性。
在自填式问卷中记录了受试者口腔健康行为的人口统计学数据和一般信息，如刷牙频率、刷牙辅助工具和看牙医情况。使用安东诺夫斯基连贯感量表的简版获取与连贯感相关的数据。根据1997年世界卫生组织修订表格记录牙周状况。
共有780名受访者参与了该研究，其中男性269名（34.5%），女性511名（65.5%）。基于性别，受试者的社会经济地位存在显著差异（P = 0.000）。67名（24.9%）男性和118名（23.1%）女性的牙周状况健康（社区牙周指数[CPI]代码0）。总体连贯感与社会经济地位量表呈统计学负相关（P = -0.287）。CPI和附着丧失（牙周状况）与连贯感显著负相关。
本研究得出结论，高水平的连贯感与良好的口腔健康行为、牙周状况和社会经济地位相关。
