Relationship between mental health factors and experience of oral symptoms
| Category | Tooth Fracture | Toothache | Gingival bleeding | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Sadness & despair | No | 36,814 (91.7) | 3,334 (8.3) | 26,063 (64.9) | 14,085 (35.1) | 33,476 (83.4) | 6,672 (16.6) |
| Yes | 13,106 (89.2) | 1,581 (10.8) | 7,876 (53.6) | 6,811 (46.4) | 11,038 (75.2) | 3,649 (24.8) | |
| χ2 | 79.772*** | 581.310*** | 476.295*** | ||||
| Suicidal thoughts | No | 43,735 (91.3) | 4,145 (8.7) | 30,482 (63.7) | 17,398 (36.6) | 39,495 (82.5) | 8,385 (17.5) |
| Yes | 6,185 (88.9) | 770 (11.1) | 3,457 (49.7) | 3,498 (50.3) | 5,019 (72.2) | 1,936 (27.7) | |
| χ2 | 43.374*** | 501.647*** | 423.594*** | ||||
| Suicide attempt | No | 48,862 (91.2) | 4,728 (8.8) | 33,293 (62.1) | 20,297 (37.9) | 43,656 (81.5) | 9,934 (18.5) |
| Yes | 1,058 (85.0) | 187 (15.0) | 646 (51.9) | 599 (48.1) | 858 (68.8) | 387 (31.1) | |
| χ2 | 57.273*** | 54.071*** | 125.370*** | ||||
| Loneliness | None | 24,180 (91.9) | 2,135 (8.1) | 18,405 (69.9) | 7,910 (30.1) | 22,543 (85.7) | 3,772 (14.3) |
| Often | 17,922 (90.7) | 1,846 (9.3) | 11,254 (56.9) | 8,514 (43.1) | 15,639 (79.1) | 4,129 (20.9) | |
| Sometimes | 7,818 (89.3) | 923 (10.7) | 4,280 (48.8) | 4,472 (51.1) | 6,332 (72.3) | 2,420 (27.7) | |
| χ2 | 58.020*** | 1555.229*** | 848,571*** | ||||
| Depression | Decrease | 4,944 (89.2) | 599 (10.8) | 3,853 (69.5) | 1,690 (30.5) | 4,697 (84.7) | 846 (15.3) |
| None | 27,128 (91.8) | 2,434 (8.2) | 19,806 (67.0) | 9,756 (33.0) | 25,007 (84.6) | 4,555 (15.4) | |
| Increase | 17,848 (90.5) | 1,882 (9.5) | 10,280 (52.1) | 9,450 (47.9) | 14,810 (75.1) | 4,920 (24.9) | |
| χ2 | 50.377*** | 1264.760*** | 754.231*** | ||||
| Stress | None | 9,549 (92.1) | 823 (7.9) | 7,462 (71.9) | 2,910 (28.1) | 9,025 (87.0) | 1,347 (13.0) |
| Slightly | 21,225 (91.4) | 1,996 (8.6) | 14,727 (63.4) | 8,494 (36.6) | 19,295 (83.1) | 3,926 (16.9) | |
| High | 19,146 (90.1) | 2,096 (9.9) | 11,750 (55.3) | 9,492 (44.7) | 16,194 (76.2) | 5,048 (23.8) | |
| χ2 | 38.563*** | 856.931*** | 626.437*** | ||||
| Anxiety | None | 32,694 (91.7) | 2,962 (8.3) | 24,278 (68.1) | 11,378 (31.9) | 30,373 (85.2) | 5,283 (14.8) |
| Mild | 11,244 (90.1) | 1,231 (9.9) | 6,511 (52.2) | 5,964 (47.8) | 9,437 (75.6) | 3,038 (24.4) | |
| Moderate | 4,023 (90.0) | 448 (10.0) | 2,157 (48.2) | 2,314 (51.8) | 3,180 (71.1) | 1,291 (28.9) | |
| Severe | 1,959 (87.7) | 274 (12.3) | 993 (44.5) | 1,240 (55.5) | 1,524 (68.2) | 709 (31.8) | |
| χ2 | 67.369*** | 1718.763*** | 1164.161*** | ||||
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