Alterações emocionais, hábitos parafuncionais e bruxismo em profissionais de saúde de ambiente hospitalar no período pós-pandemia de COVID-19: um estudo observacional descritivo

• Autor(a) principal: Pereira, Catarina dos Santos
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Quaresma, Maria Carlos Lopes Cardoso Real Dias
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Fisioterapia e Pesquisa
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/fpusp/article/view/208806
• topic: Bruxismo; COVID-19; Profissionais de Saúde; Bruxismo; COVID-19; Personal de Salud; Bruxism; COVID-19; Health Personnel

During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitalhealthcare professionals (HHP) were vulnerable to sources ofanxiety that can lead to the onset or worsening of conditionssuch as bruxism and parafunctional habits (PH). This studyaims to evaluate the relationship between sleep bruxism (SB),awake bruxism (AB), and PH and HHP’s stress, anxiety, anddepression in the post-pandemic period. Data were collectedvia an online questionnaire composed of four sections: samplecharacterization, “Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale”(DASS-21), “Oral Behavior Checklist” (OBC), and diagnosticquestionnaire of SB from the American Academy of SleepMedicine. This is a descriptive and inferential statistical analysiswith 118 responses (mostly females and nurses). A total of99.2% of the sample presented PH, 38.1% SB, and 686% AB.We found a significant association between AB and stress(p=0029), anxiety (p=0005), and depression (p=0.004); SBand anxiety (p=0.013); and between SB and AB and emotionalchanges in the studied sample.