Vatchala Rani R M, Kumar Deepak, Dheer Shiras Singh, Pathania Abhishek Singh, Dasara Madhusudhana Reddy, Kaur Navjeet
Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.
Department of Dentistry, Maharaja Suhel Dev Autonomous State Medical College & Maharishi Balark Hospitals, Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Bioinformation. 2023 Dec 31;19(13):1365-1370. doi: 10.6026/973206300191365. eCollection 2023.
The relationship of Oral health related quality of life (OHRQOL), stress, depression, anxiety, with xerostomia, un-stimulated salivary flow rate among young Indian adults is of interest. The first phase involved xerostomia along with salivary flow rate measurements. The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) the standard questionnaire in this field, was used to assess depression, anxiety, and stress in the second part of the study. Xerostomia has a stronger effect on OHRQOL. Anxiety, stress, and depression are examples of psychological factors that significantly impact xerostomia and the reduction of salivary flow rate.
印度年轻成年人的口腔健康相关生活质量（OHRQOL）、压力、抑郁、焦虑与口干症、非刺激性唾液流速之间的关系备受关注。第一阶段涉及口干症及唾液流速测量。在研究的第二部分，使用了该领域的标准问卷——抑郁、焦虑和压力量表（DASS）来评估抑郁、焦虑和压力。口干症对OHRQOL的影响更大。焦虑、压力和抑郁是对口干症及唾液流速降低有显著影响的心理因素的例子。
