Quintessence International
Volume 23, Issue 8, 1992, Pages 579-583

Dental caries and stress among South African political refugees (Article)

Honkala E. , Maidi D. , Kolmakow S.
  • a Department of Preventive Dentistry and Cardiology, University of Kuopio, Faculty of Dentistry, PO BOX 1627, Kuopio, 70211, Finland
  • b Division of Dentistry, University of Dares Salaam, Faculty of Medicine, Tanzania
  • c Department of Oral Pathology, Oral Roentgenology and Forensic Odontology, University of Kuopio, Finland

Abstract

The aim of this study, which was conducted in a reftigee camp of the African National Congress in Tanzania, was to analyze the caries experience in relation to perceived stress and steeping problems and stressful experiences among South African political refugees. A sample of 194 persons, aged 11 to 39 years, was examined clinically and interviewed. There was a consistent association between caries experience and the different parameters for estimating perceived and experienced stress. In particular, the aggregation of different stress indicators seemed be strongly related to higher caries experience. © 1992, Quintessence Publishing Co. Inc. All rights reserved.

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Index Keywords

refugee regression analysis psychological aspect health survey human Refugees DMF index Stress, Psychological mental stress ethnology South Africa Adolescent sleep disorder male female dental caries Article adult Tanzania Analysis of Variance Sleep Disorders Torture Child
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ISSN: 00336572
Cited by: 14
Original Language: English