Table 2.
Comparisons of scores on the Work Stress Questionnaire and the Oral Impact on Daily Performance (OIDP) scale against clinical oral health status
| Variable | DT | MT | FT | DMFT | CPI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Work stress | |||||||||||
| No stress | 66 | 1.45 | 1.95 | 0.27 | 0.62 | 1.94 | 2.70 | 3.67 | 3.25 | 1.74 | 0.56 |
| Stressed | 68 | 2.07 | 2.50 | 0.32 | 0.80 | 2.43 | 2.66 | 4.78 | 3.61 | 1.88 | 0.59 |
| T-test P-value | 0.112 | 0.683 | 0.294 | 0.063 | 0.162 | ||||||
| Mann–Whitney U-test P-value | 0.206 | 0.987 | 0.246 | 0.065 | 0.209 | ||||||
| OIDP scale | |||||||||||
| No impact | 124 | 1.56 | 1.98 | 0.30 | 0.70 | 2.16 | 2.65 | 4.00 | 3.30 | 1.77 | 0.55 |
| Impact | 10 | 4.30 | 3.77 | 0.30 | 0.95 | 2.50 | 3.10 | 7.10 | 4.43 | 2.30 | 0.67 |
| T-test P-value | 0.048 | 0.995 | 0.702 | 0.006 | 0.005 | ||||||
| Mann–Whitney U-test P-value | 0.023 | 0.519 | 0.958 | 0.023 | 0.009 | ||||||
P-values in bold are significant at P ≤ 0.05.
There was no relationship between work stress and clinical oral health status. Oral health was poorer among those who reported impact on daily performance.
DT, decayed teeth; MT, missing teeth; FT, filled teeth; DMFT, decayed, missing and filled teeth; CPI, Community Periodontal Index; SD, standard deviation.