HUBUNGAN STRES NEGATIF (DISTRES) DENGAN PERDARAHAN GINGIVA PADA PASIEN RUMAH SAKIT JIWA BANDA ACEH

Abstract

Gingival bleeding is an early feature of gingivitis. Gingivitis is characterized by gingival redness,
swelling, and bleeding on probing. Gingival bleeding may be caused by local factor and systemic
factors. Negative stress (distress) is thought to be the risk factor of gingival bleeding. Previous studies
showed that negative stress (distress) may contribute to the severity of gingival bleeding. However, in
some cases heavy gingival bleeding was found in the presence of minimal plaque retention. The
objective of this study was to see the correlation between negative stress (distress) and gingival
bleeding. This study was an analytic cross-sectional study taking Banda Aceh mental hospital. The
subjects of this study were 58 patients aged between 15 – 60 years old. There were 30 male and 28
female patients. Data was collected from medical record, history taking and clinical examination of
gingival bleeding and oral hygiene index-simplified (OHI-S). Statistic analysis using chi-square test
revealed that there was no correlation between negative stress (distress) to gingival bleeding (p>0.05).
Conclusion: This study shows that there is no significant correlation between negative stress (distress)
to gingival bleeding.
Keywords: Gingival bleeding, negative stress (distress), OHI-S