ArticleJournal of public health dentistry2016
Anxiety, depression, and oral health among US pregnant women: 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
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- Rural-urban differences in the mental health of perinatal women: a UK-based cross-sectional study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
- Anxiety symptoms have a direct effect on oral health perception in young women.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2018Article
- A Clinical Validation of Self-Reported Periodontitis Among Participants in the Black Women's Health Study.Journal of periodontology · 2017Article
- Stress and its predictors in pregnant women: a study in Saudi Arabia.Psychology research and behavior management · 2017Article
- A longitudinal study of depression and gestational diabetes in pregnancy and the postpartum period.Diabetologia · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectivesMaternal periodontal disease is associated with adverse perinatal outcomes. Anxiety and depression adversely impact oral health in nonpregnant women; however, this association has not been evaluated during pregnancy, a time characterized by higher rates of anxiety and depression. Therefore, we examined the association between these factors and oral disease and oral healthcare utilization among 402 pregnant respondents to the 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
methodsSelf-reported lifetime diagnoses of anxiety, depression, and current depression were assessed. Oral health outcomes included self-reported tooth loss and dental visits in the past year.
resultsOne-fifth (21.2 percent) of respondents reported a tooth loss and 32.5 percent reported nonuse of oral health services. The prevalence of lifetime diagnosed anxiety and depression was 13.6 percent and 11.3 percent, respectively, whereas 10.6 percent reported current depression. After adjusting for risk factors, pregnant women with diagnosed anxiety had increased odds of one or more tooth loss [odds ratio (OR) = 3.30; 95 percent confidence interval (CI): 1.01-10.77] compared with those without the disorder. Similarly, after adjusting for socioeconomic factors, women with anxiety had increased odds of nonuse of oral health services (OR = 2.67; 95 percent CI: 1.03-6.90); however, this was no longer significant after adjusting for health behaviors and body mass index. We observed no significant association with depression.
conclusionsIn this population-based sample, we found a two- to threefold increased odds of tooth loss and nonuse of oral health services among pregnant women with a lifetime diagnosis of anxiety. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine these associations among pregnant women.
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