A Study on Periodontal Disease and Anxiety and Depression in Adult Women: Based on the 2020 KNHANES Data

Objectives This study was conducted to investigate the demographic characteristics, periodontal disease, anxiety, and depression of adult women who are highly sensitive to psychological factors to find out the relationship between anxiety and depression and periodontal disease according to demographic characteristics. Methods The original data of the 8th 2nd year (2020) of the National Health and Nutrition Survey organized by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were used, and 2,368 copies were finally analyzed after receiving approval for the use of the data after submitting documents such as the original data, user security pledge, etc. on the website (https://knhanes.kdca.go.kr ). For data analysis, a chi-square test was conducted using SPSS/Win 20.0 to find out the difference in demographic and oral health-related characteristics and periodontal diseases, and univariate regression analysis was conducted to find out the number of toothbrushes and periodontal diseases caused by the use of dental floss and interdental toothbrushes. Multiple logistic regression analysis was conducted to find out the effect of periodontal diseases on anxiety and depression, and multivariable logistic regression was conducted to find out the relationship between demographic characteristics and anxiety and depression experiences. Results The older the age, the higher the periodontal disease, and the higher the income and education level in the case of no experience of periodontal disease for the last one year. It was found that the number of times of brushing more than three times a day and the use of dental floss/interdental toothbrushes significantly increased the risk of periodontal disease, and periodontal disease significantly increased anxiety and depression. The experience of anxiety and depression was high in separation/divorce/divorce. The factor related to the experience of anxiety and depression was found to be marital status. Conclusions It will be necessary to improve professional accessibility such as counseling by developing and providing regular and continuous depression management and prevention programs that can be easily accessed by anyone and the need for regular periodontal management and effective oral health management education to efficiently manage periodontal diseases.