title: Relationship between job stress and subjective oral health symptoms in male financial workers in Japan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim was to assess subjective oral health symptoms and job stress, as measured by self-assessment of how demanding the job is, in male financial workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  The participants were recruited by applying screening procedures to a pool of Japanese registrants in an online database. For the stress check, 7 items about how demanding the job is were selected from The Brief Job Stress Questionnaire (BJSQ). Participants comprised a total of 950 financial male workers, ages 25 to 64.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants who answered "I can't complete my work in the required time" had more decayed teeth (p=0.010). Participants who felt that their job is highly demanding (answered affirmatively to 6 or all 7 items) were more likely to report "often get food stuck between teeth" (p=0.030), "there are some foods I can't eat" (p=0.005), "bad breath" (p=0.032), and "jaw makes clicking sound" (p=0.032). The independent variable of total stress score of 24-28 was found to be correlated to at least three oral health symptoms (OR: 3.25; 95%CI: 1.66-6.35).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results indicate that certain job stress factors are associated with certain oral health symptoms, and that oral health symptoms are likely predictors of job stress.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Tokyo Dental College, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: Seitaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishizuka
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takayanagi
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sugihara
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kamijyo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D006209:Halitosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007571:Jaw Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D009909:Oral Health; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D016526:Workload