Publications by authors named "Joana Dourado Martins Cerqueira"
Relationship of psychological factors with salivary flow rate and cortisol levels in individuals with oral lichen planus: A case-control study.
Alessandra Laís Pinho Valente Pires Juliana Araújo da Silva Simoura Joana Dourado Martins Cerqueira Ynara Bosco de Oliveira Lima-Arsati Franco Arsati
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol
December 2020
Objective: The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between psychological factors and salivary flow rate and cortisol levels in individuals with oral lichen planus.
Study Design: A case-control study of 21 individuals with clinical and histopathological diagnosis of oral lichen planus and 21 individuals without the disease (controls), matched by sex and age, was performed. The Beck Anxiety and Depression Inventories and Perceived Stress Scale were administered, and the salivary flow rate and salivary cortisol secretion pattern were determined.