Janicijevic Nikoleta, Dimovic Tamara, Stajic Dalibor, Djonovic Nela, Vasiljevic Dragan, Tepavcevic Melanija, Stepovic Milos, Delic Simonida, Petrovic Marko, Jovanovic Kristijan, Fetahovic Ermin, Manojlovic Katarina, Petrovic Ivica, Filipovic Milos, Sekulic Marija
Department of Hygiene and Ecology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
Doctoral Academic Studies-Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
Healthcare (Basel). 2024 Jul 17;12(14):1431. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12141431.
This cross-sectional study aimed to assess the correlation between subjective oral health status and mental health in a group of university students in Serbia.
The study included 948 students, aged between 18 and 27, from the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Serbia, and was conducted in 2020. The World Health Organization's Oral Health Questionnaire for Adults was utilized to evaluate the respondents' self-perceived oral health and oral hygiene practices. The existence of depressive symptoms was evaluated using the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), and the Zung self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) was used for determining anxiety symptoms.
It is observed that 28.9% of respondents exhibit symptoms of depression and 42.3% showed symptoms of anxiety. Results show that students with severe depression and anxiety symptoms very often reported lower self-perceived oral health and oral health problems. Although the nature of this relationship has not been thoroughly evaluated, several studies have shown a mutually dependent connection between oral health and mental health.
The results suggest that some aspects of oral health are associated with higher risks of developing symptoms of depression or anxiety, and vice versa.
这项横断面研究旨在评估塞尔维亚一组大学生的主观口腔健康状况与心理健康之间的相关性。
该研究纳入了塞尔维亚克拉古耶瓦茨大学医学科学学院的948名年龄在18至27岁之间的学生，研究于2020年进行。采用世界卫生组织成人口腔健康问卷来评估受访者自我感知的口腔健康和口腔卫生习惯。使用贝克抑郁量表第二版（BDI-II）评估抑郁症状的存在情况，并使用zung自评焦虑量表（SAS）来确定焦虑症状。
观察到28.9%的受访者表现出抑郁症状，42.3%表现出焦虑症状。结果表明，患有严重抑郁和焦虑症状的学生经常报告较低的自我感知口腔健康和口腔健康问题。尽管这种关系的本质尚未得到充分评估，但多项研究表明口腔健康与心理健康之间存在相互依存的联系。
结果表明，口腔健康的某些方面与出现抑郁或焦虑症状的较高风险相关，反之亦然。
