Prevalência de hábitos parafuncionais e estresse em graduandos de Odontologia da UFCG.

Abstract

Teacher charges, great demands on personal and professional achievements, difficult decision-making, varied social demands and academic trajectory require a great deal of physical, mental and behavioral adaptation for undergraduates. When associated with stress, they can further exacerbate these problems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of parafunctional habits and stress in students of the Dentistry course of the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG). The study had the participation of 249 students and it was an observational cross-sectional study, making primary data collection with quantitative analysis through descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed that there was statistical difference between the graduation periods studied (p < 0,001). Thus, it was observed that the students of the first period presented themselves as the most affected by the symptoms of stress; there was a higher frequency of symptoms for the female gender; and, the resistance phase was more prevalent among students. As for the habits studied, the habit of placing the hand on the chin, sleeping on the stomach and chewing more than one side, were the ones that presented the highest frequency among the students; the female sex was shown to be the most prevalent when compared to the practice of parafunctional habits.