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Abstract Objective: To explore the negative emotional status and correlation in elderly patients with oral and maxillofacial pain. Methods: 379 elderly patients who came to our hospital from May 2020 to May 2023 were selected to analyze the incidence of negative emotions (anxiety and depression), and the influence of oral and maxillofacial pain on negative emotions was analyzed by binary logistic regression. Results: A total of 379 elderly patients were included in this study, of which 178 patients (46.97%) had oral and maxillofacial pain, 67 patients (17.68%) had depression, and 18 patients (4.75%) had anxiety. The results showed that there were significant differences in the detection rate of anxiety symptoms in patients with different marital status, sleep duration, smoking and oral and maxillofacial pain (P < 0.05). There were significant differences in the detection rate of depressive symptoms in patients with different gender, age, education, pension status, marital status, sleep duration, drinking, smoking, chronic diseases and oral and maxillofacial pain (P < 0.05). Binary Logistic regression analysis showed that oral and maxillofacial pain was positively correlated with anxiety symptoms (OR: 0.058, 95%CI: 0.058-0.023) and depression symptoms (OR: 0.058, 95%CI: 0.058-0.023) when controlling demographic characteristics and other factors. Conclusion: The elderly oral and maxillofacial pain is related to anxiety and depression. In clinical work, medical staff, family and society should always pay attention to the elderly oral and maxillofacial pain, in order to timely symptomatic treatment and improve the mental health and quality of life of the elderly.
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