Psychological distress, dental health, and dental fear among Finnish university students : a national survey |
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Author: | Pohjola, Vesa1,2; Kunttu, Kristina3; Virtanen, Jorma I.4,5 |
Organizations: |
1Medical Research Centre, Oulu University Hospital, 90220 Oulu, Finland 2Unit of Oral Health Sciences, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland 3Finnish Student Health Service, 00260 Helsinki, Finland
4Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland
5Department of Clinical Dentistry, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway |
Format: | article |
Version: | published version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.3 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe202201144828 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute,
2021
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Publish Date: | 2022-01-14 |
Description: |
AbstractThe aim of this study was to investigate the association between dental fear, psychological distress, and perceived symptoms of teeth controlled for age, gender, educational sector, and tobacco use. The data from the Finnish University Student Health Survey 2016 targeting students (n = 10,000) of academic universities and universities of applied sciences were used. Psychological distress was measured with the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation 10 (CORE-10) and the General Health Questionnaire 12 (GHQ-12) and dental fear with the question ‘Do you feel scared about receiving dental care?’. The study included 3110 students. In logistic regression analyses those with psychological distress (measured with CORE-10 and GHQ-12) and those reporting teeth-related symptoms were more likely than their counterparts to have high dental fear. In gender-specific analyses men with psychological distress (measured with CORE-10) and women with teeth-related symptoms were more likely to have high levels of dental fear. Finnish university students with psychological distress and teeth-related symptoms were more likely to experience higher levels of dental fear than their counterparts were. The results of this study support possible common vulnerability factors that dental fear and other psychological disorders may share. see all
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Series: |
International journal of environmental research and public health |
ISSN: | 1661-7827 |
ISSN-E: | 1660-4601 |
ISSN-L: | 1661-7827 |
Volume: | 18 |
Issue: | 19 |
Article number: | 10245 |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph181910245 |
OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910245 |
Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
Field of Science: |
313 Dentistry |
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Copyright information: |
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