The Association between Emotional Stress, Sleep Disturbance, Depression, and Burning Mouth Syndrome

Table 1

Investigation of age, sex, and level of education and mental disorders in two groups based on the patients reports.

Variables	Groups	Patient group	Control group	value
Age (mean)		54.68	50.63	0.312
Sex (%)	Male	15.79	15.79	<0.001
	Female	81.24	81.24
Education level (%)	Under diploma	31.6	36.8	0.732
	Above diploma	68.4	63.2
Burning severity (Visual Analog Scale score)	0-5	21.05	—	—
	6-10	78.94	—
Stress (%)	Yes	63.2	0	<0.001
	Mild	52.6	0
	Moderate	10.5	0
	No	36.8	100
Anxiety (%)	Yes	57.9	21.1	0.05
	Mild	15.8	10.5
	Moderate	42.1	10.5
	No	42.1	78.9
Depression (%)	Yes	63.2	21.1	0.006
	Mild	57.9	5.3
	Moderate	10.5	10.5
	No	36.8	78.9
Sleep disorder (%)	Yes	89.5	31.6	<0.001
	No	10.5	68.4