The Epidemiology of Bruxism in Relation to Psychological Factors

Mirela Ioana Flueraşu, Ioana Corina Bocşan, Ioan-Andrei Țig, Simona Maria Iacob, Daniela Popa and Smaranda Buduru
Additional contact information
Mirela Ioana Flueraşu: Department IV, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400000 Cluj Napoca, Romania
Ioana Corina Bocşan: Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400000 Cluj Napoca, Romania
Ioan-Andrei Țig: Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410087 Oradea, Romania
Simona Maria Iacob: Department IV, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400000 Cluj Napoca, Romania
Daniela Popa: Department IV, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400000 Cluj Napoca, Romania
Smaranda Buduru: Department IV, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400000 Cluj Napoca, Romania

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 2, 1-11

Abstract: The aim of the present study was to establish the prevalence of sleep/awake bruxism among young students in Transylvania and to correlate the presence of this muscle activity with behavioral variations. This analytical, observational, cohort, cross-sectional, and prospective study involved 308 volunteers aged between 19 and 30 years of different nationalities, all students of the “Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Subjects were asked to complete an anonymous questionnaire which was structured in five sections. The results obtained from the questionnaires were analyzed separately for sleep bruxism and for awake bruxism. We did not find any statistically significant correlation between awake bruxism or sleep bruxism and age ( p = 0.30 and p = 0.37, respectively), sex ( p = 0.44 and p = 0.48, respectively), or nationality ( p = 0.55 and p = 0.67, respectively). Only a high degree of stress and frustration ( p = 0.035 and p = 0.020) was observed in European subjects except for the Romanians and the French, likely related to the difficulties of adapting to the language and lifestyle in Romania. Female sex was statistically significantly associated with an increased level of stress ( p = 0.004), duty-related depression ( p = 0.006), and duty-related anxiety ( p = 0.003). Stress and anxiety can be favorable factors in the appearance of both types of bruxism; however, depression is associated only with awake bruxism.

Keywords: bruxism; stress; anxiety; depression; students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/2/691/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/2/691/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:2:p:691-:d:720315

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().