{"title":"A Cross-Sectional Study of the Relationship Between Serum Cortisol Levels, Stress, Anxiety, and Sleep Bruxism","authors":"Amirtaher Mirmortazavi, Azamsadat Madani, Hossein Ayatollahi, Farzad Akbarzadeh, Fatemeh Mohammadi Yekta, Aliakbar Jafarzadeh, Narges Ghazi","doi":"10.1007/s42399-024-01701-6","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>For better understanding the relationship between stress-related hormone and probable sleep bruxism (SB), we compared the serum level of cortisol in patients with SB and healthy individuals. Thirty-nine patients with self-reported probable SB were compared to 40 age and sex matched healthy volunteers. All participants were examined and assessed using a two‐part questionnaire including Hamilton’s Anxiety Scale (HAM-A) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Morning serum cortisol level was evaluated by chemiluminescent immunoassay. Data were analyzed by SPSS software using Mann–Whitney, Wilcoxon, and paired-sample <i>t</i> test. The mean serum cortisol level in SB group (12.70 ± 4.90 µg/dl) was slightly higher than healthy individuals (11.3 ± 43.42 µg/dl), but the two groups did not show a significant difference (<i>P</i> = 0.184). PSS mean scores were not significantly different, but HAM-A scale was significantly higher in SB group (19.13 ± 8.70) than in healthy individuals (6.80 ± 4.87). Higher anxiety scores could be better correlated with SB than morning serum cortisol levels and stress.</p>","PeriodicalId":21944,"journal":{"name":"SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s42399-024-01701-6","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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For better understanding the relationship between stress-related hormone and probable sleep bruxism (SB), we compared the serum level of cortisol in patients with SB and healthy individuals. Thirty-nine patients with self-reported probable SB were compared to 40 age and sex matched healthy volunteers. All participants were examined and assessed using a two‐part questionnaire including Hamilton’s Anxiety Scale (HAM-A) and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Morning serum cortisol level was evaluated by chemiluminescent immunoassay. Data were analyzed by SPSS software using Mann–Whitney, Wilcoxon, and paired-sample t test. The mean serum cortisol level in SB group (12.70 ± 4.90 µg/dl) was slightly higher than healthy individuals (11.3 ± 43.42 µg/dl), but the two groups did not show a significant difference (P = 0.184). PSS mean scores were not significantly different, but HAM-A scale was significantly higher in SB group (19.13 ± 8.70) than in healthy individuals (6.80 ± 4.87). Higher anxiety scores could be better correlated with SB than morning serum cortisol levels and stress.