Bruxismo de la vigilia por autoreporte y factores asociados en estudiantes universitarios de educación física

Abstract

Bruxism is an activity of the masticatory mus-cles with high prevalence in the general popu-lation. It has also been described as a frequent phenomenon in university students of some disciplines. Based on this idea, the present work analyzes the self-perception and some factors associated with the daytime bruxism in university students of physical education (ISEF-UdelaR). This is an observational, des - criptive and cross-sectional study in of a sam-ple of 178 university students. Data were co-llected through a self-report questionnaire. The 67.9% of the participants were daytime bruxism and 33% reported it (21% women and 13% men). Yet likewise, six out of ten vo - lunteers who reported bruxism also reported anxiety, and three out of ten volunteers with bruxism reported stress. In conclusion, “probable” daytime bruxism is highly prevalent in physical education students and the factor most associated with daytime bruxism is anxiety