2g - RFOP Psychosocial Flashcards
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what is a psychosocial stress?
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“Physiological and psychological changes that occur in the body when an external
demand or stressor taxes an individual’s adaptive capacity”
- Overarching socioeconomic and environmental factors
- Acute or chronic – based upon duration of exposure
2
Q
how to measure stress?
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- hard to do objectively
- Questionnaires/interviews – environmental and self-perceived stress
- Biomarkers or neuroendocrine measures – quantify physiological effects
- Increased cortisol, adrenaline, noradrenaline, dopamine levels
3
Q
Psychosocial stress and depression link
What do stress and depression increase the risk of?
A
- Chronic psychosocial stress closely linked with depressive disorders
- Stress and depression increase risk of chronic systemic conditions and worsen them
- CVD, diabetes - Depression associated with poorer periodontal treatment outcomes and tooth loss
4
Q
are Stress and necrotising periodontal diseases linked?
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- WW1 - Trench mouth showed evidence of this
- BUT Difficult to assess impact of confounding factors – poor OH, smoking, poor diet
4
Q
How does stress affect periodontal tissues?
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Crp = c reactive protein
5
Q
Biological responses to stress?
effects of cortisol?
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6
Q
Behavioral responses to stress
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- More likely to smoke
- Poorer oral hygiene
- Less likely to visit a dentist
- Perhaps less to do with stress rather than socioeconomic and environmental factors
7
Q
are stress and periodontitis linked?
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- very few studies of this nature as expensive and long to run
8
Q
Influence of coping style (Genco, 1989 study) result?
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9
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SUMMARY
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