A Correlation Analysis Between Periodontal Disease And Anxiety Of Medical Students In Ningxia

Objective The aim of the clinical study was to survey the oral health status and anxietysituation of medical students in Ningxia and explore the relationship between periodontaldisease and anxiety, so as to provide the basis for adolescent oral health education, etiology ofperiodontal disease and mental health education of Ningxia.Methods Using stratified cluster sampling methods, we randomly selected487collegestudents. Theirs general information, oral health knowledge and behavior, periodontal statusand anxiety were investigated in this study by The Third National Oral Health Survey andState-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) which was drew up by Spielberger. SPSS17.0softwarewas applied to analyze the data of different grade,gender, ethnic group, specialty and region.Results1.Oral health knowledge and behavior: that the detection rates of the eveningbrushing importantly, mouthwash after meals and denies eating before bedtime respectivelywere57.20%,73.12%,14.62%,there were differences in different gender(P<0.05),especiallythe former habit had an obvious differences in different specialty(P<0.01);this studies alsosuggested that there was no difference in both the former,in the later issue that there wereobvious differences between students in rural and urban students (P<0.01).The detection rates of brushing longer than two minutes, more than two times in everyday were42.15%,73.98%.Both sides had a significant differences in different specialty(Ptime<0.01,Ptimes<0.05),and the later was also different in different gender(P<0.01).2.For the cognition of periodontal disease question:①88.82%people agreed with thatstatement “we will counter the bleeding risk of gingivitis”,in different regions that had astatistically significant difference(P<0.05);②55.48%people approvalled that “scaling is the basic way to prevent periodontal disease”, oral and non-oral students had differences(P<0.05);③91.83%people applauded that “oral odor will affect relationships”,different gender hadstatistically difference(P<0.01).④80.22%people welcomed “Periodontal disease can causetooth loss” and66.02%people agreed “brushing and flossing can prevent gingivitis”, by thestatistical analysis,the results of two cognitions were not different in various projects(P>0.05).3.Periodontal examination results: found that①the bleeding gums detection rate was84.74%,had differences in different genders and regions(Pgender<0.05,Pregion<0.01);②80.65%of dental calculus detection rate and55.05%of periodontal pockets were detected, they allhad a significant difference in different rigions(Pdental calculus<0.01,Pperiodontal pockets<0.01);③thedetection rate of attachment loss was6.02%that there were no difference among in gender,specialty, ethnic group and region(P>0.05).4. Evaluation of the results of anxiety: through this evaluation found that a high state ofSAI was12.69%; higher incidence of TAI was16.34%.①the freshmen of SAI and TAI scoreswere significantly higher than other grades (P<0.05), there were no significant differencesamong other grades (P>0.05);②the respondents from different regions SAI and TAI scoresshowed significant difference (P<0.01), and rural students’ anxiety condition was significantlyhigher than urban students;③the detection rates of gender, ethnic and professional were nodifference (P>0.05).5.Correlation between periodontal disease and anxiety:①There was a straight-linecorrelation between the periodontal disease and anxiety of medical students in Ningxia;②The state anxiety scores of periodontal disease group was40.34±7.18, and the trait anxietywas41.81±7.064,the SAI and TAI scores of the periodontal disease group were higher thanthose of the control group, the differences were significant respectively (P<0.05);③The SAIand TAI scores of periodontal disease group were differ with statistically significantdifference (P<0.05) in different gender, ethnic, specialty and region, while the control groupwas not(P>0.05). Conclusion1.Ningxia medical students had satisfied oral health behavior, cognitionof periodontal issues was also good, but the periodontal health behaviors must be urgent tostrengthen.2.Mental anxiety situation of Ningxia medical students was not ignored, they needproper guide, thus can improve the ability of self-mental health.3.There was a linearrelationship between periodontal disease and anxiety in Ningxia medical students.