title: Association between mental well-being, depression, and periodontal attachment level among young adults of the postwar Sebha city, Libya: A pilot study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study was aimed to investigate the association of mental well-being and depression with periodontal clinical attachment loss among young adults in postwar urban population of Sebha city, Libya.
  
  
  METHODS
  Mental well-being and depression were assessed using Arabic versions of World Health Organization (WHO) five well-being index and major depression inventory (ICD-10), respectively. Random sample of 149 subjects were studied. Degree of periodontal attachment was measured at six sites per tooth using a rigid manual periodontal probe.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A total of 59.11% of the studied samples had healthy mental well-being state, whereas 40.81% had poor mental well-being. The severity of depression was stronger in males than in females. In the present study mental well-being, depression, and all its categories did not have any significant effect on periodontal attachment loss. Further studies and health interventions can be planned based on this data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Sebha University, Sebha, Libya.
authors.forename: Syed Wali
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Peeran
authors.affiliation: Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, College of Dental Sciences, Davengere, India.
authors.forename: Naveen P G
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Dentistry, Sebha University, Sebha, Libya.
authors.forename: Faiza Abdelkader Ahmed
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Azaruk
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Dentistry, Sebha University, Sebha, Libya.
authors.forename: Fatma Mojtaba
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Alsaid
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Biology and Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Sebha University, Sebha, Libya.
authors.forename: Khaled Awidat
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Abdalla
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Arab Medical University, Benghazi, Libya.
authors.forename: Marei Hamed
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Mugrabi
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Prothodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Jazan University, KSA.
authors.forename: Syed Ali
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Peeran
keywords: Depression; ICD-10; mental well-being; periodontal attachment loss; who-five well being
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