Emotional symptoms, dietary patterns and dental caries: A cross-sectional study in adolescents.
Oral Dis
; 2023 Jun 06.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
This study investigates the relationship between emotional symptoms and dental caries in adolescents and the role of dietary patterns as mediating variables.METHODS:
This cross-sectional study used a multistage stratified random sample of schools, in Jiangsu, with a sample of 17,997 adolescents aged 11-19. Measures included emotional symptoms, dental caries, toothbrushing frequency, and dietary patterns. Logistic and Poisson regression models were conducted to test mediation hypotheses.RESULTS:
The decayed, missing, and filled teeth index (DMFT) was related to depressive symptoms following adjustment for other variables (incidence rate ratios [IRR] = 1.09; p < 0.05), but not to anxiety symptoms level (IRR = 1.02; p > 0.05). The link between depressive symptoms and DMFT had a partial mediation impact on toothbrushing frequency (a, b, c' all p < 0.05). Sugary foods, but not fried foods, partially mediated the link between depressive symptoms and caries when toothbrushing frequency was adjusted.CONCLUSION:
There are direct and indirect associations between emotional symptoms and caries; the latter may be due to changes in oral health behaviours that increase the risk of caries.
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01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Oral Dis
Asunto de la revista:
ODONTOLOGIA
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
China