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Stress Levels In Patients Visiting For Dental Treatment: A Cross-Sectional Hospital-Based Study, Abhishek S. Nayyar, Babu J. Suresh, Deivanayagi Muthusamy, Naidu B. Ramesh, Ratnam Modalavalasa Venkata Ramana, Senapathi S. Navaneet, Swarnalatha Chandolu

Menoufia Medical Journal

Background Potentially stressful life events are thought to increase risk for a given disease. In turn, perception of stress might influence the pathogenesis of physical disease by causing negative affective states which, then, exert direct effects on the physiological processes of the individual that influence the predisposing and/or, risk factors for a given disease process. Objective To assess stress levels in patients coming for dental treatment using perceived stress scale. Patients and methods The present cross-sectional study consisted of 598 individuals randomly selected from the Outpatient Department aged 18 years and above over a period of 6 months, while perceived …