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

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

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06520241
Enrollment
321
Registered
2024-07-25
Start date
2023-09-01
Completion date
2023-11-30
Last updated
2024-07-25

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Conditions

Anxiety, Depression, Oral Disease, Pregnancy Related, Sleep Bruxism, Adult, Stress

Brief summary

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.

Interventions

OTHERPregnant

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

Sponsors

Trakya University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 49 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

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.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale1 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 Scale1 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.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026