OLIVEIRA, S. C. F. S.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6276976439941418; OLIVEIRA, Sandson Cleyton Ferreira da Silva.
Resumen:
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.