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KMID : 0355420100340030387
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Journal of Korean Academy of Oral Health
2010 Volume.34 No. 3 p.387 ~ p.393
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Analysis of the stress and factors related to socially/psychologically of dental patients from smoking
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Hwang Ji-Min
Kwon Ha-Jeong
Park Yong-Duk
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of smoking to stress and related factors, which shouldn’t be overlooked in today’s society where quitting smoking was emphasized to improve the quality of life and health.
Methods: The subjects in this study were clinical patients at six selected dental hospitals in and around Seoul. which involved one each from the southern and northern areas of Gyeonggi Province, one from Incheon and three from Seoul. There were more than 20 new patients in the selected dental hospitals on a daily basis, and the patients developed oral diseases due to smoking. This study was conducted for three months from January to March, 2010. The collected data were analyzed with a SPSS 14.0 program, and a frequency analysis, Pearson correlation coefficient and factor analysis were utilized to serve the purpose.
Results: They got a mean of 80.03 out of possible 100 points in stress provoked by smoking. When the correlation among the smoking-related stress, stressors and stress-coping cost was investigated, there was a significant correlation on the whole. Out of eight smoking-related stressors, the closely related variables were categorized and simplified into three.
Conclusions: The smoker dental patients were under heavy stress because of smoking, as they got 80.03. It seems to indicate that smoking is followed by distress such as anxiety or stress rather than eustress.
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KEYWORD
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dental hospital, smoking, stress
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