Análise da relação dos sintomas de ansiedade com as Desordens Temporomandibulares em alunos do curso de Odontologia da UFJF-GV

Abstract

The current study aimed to evaluate, through the application of questionnaires, whether the level of anxiety symptoms was associated with the occurrence of painful Temporomandibular Disorders (TMDs) in dental students from UFJF-GV. For this purpose, a validated questionnaire was applied to check the occurrence of symptoms of anxiety disorders (Generalized Anxiety Disorder – 7, GAD- 7) and another one to diagnose TMDs (Diagnostic Criteria for TMDs, DC/TMD). Participants were divided into two groups (n=60): control (Co), composed of students without a TMD diagnosis (n=30), and experimental group (Exp), composed of students with some TMD diagnosis carried out by the DC/TMD (n=30). The acquired data was put in an Excel spreadsheet with subsequent descriptive analysis and statistical treatment through the application of the chi-square and Fisher tests. After analysis, the results showed a significant relationship between moderate and severe anxiety levels with the occurrence of TMDs (p < 0.001), not being related to a specific type of these disorders (muscular and/or joint) (p = 0.071). As for sex, it was observed that it does not influence the occurrence of TMDs (p = 0.778), but it was related to anxiety levels (p < 0.001), with the male sex, in our study, being associated with moderate and severe levels of anxiety symptoms. At the end of this research, it was concluded that anxiety is related to the occurrence of painful TMDs in dental students, with moderate and severe levels of anxiety symptoms being more common in a population with TMD.