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This observational cross-sectional pilot study aimed to explore associations between patient-related factors and physiological stress markers during routine SPT visits, focusing on adherence-related variables.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A sample of\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200975 patients was examined in a questionnaire-based, cross-sectional survey, indicating sufficient adherence to SPT of \u2265\u20092 years (a maximum deviation\u2009\u00b1\u20096 months between SPT intervals) at a specialized department for periodontology. At the preliminary last SPT visit, in addition to dental parameters, we assessed socio-demographic, treatment-related (critical attitudes\/complaints), psychological variables\u2014such as dental fear, oral health-related quality of life, dental anticipatory trauma symptoms, childhood traumata, depression, and personality functioning\u2014and vital parameters such as HR and EDR. The primary endpoint was the difference in HR and EDR across predefined procedural clusters reflecting varying invasiveness (three clusters: non-invasive (n-iC), minimally invasive (m-iC), and invasive (iC). Analyses were performed using non-parametric tests and exploratory correlation analyses.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The mean (standard deviation) of HR differed significantly across intervention clusters (n-iC\/m-iC\/iC: 73.06[11.96]\/67.66[9.60]\/69.46[10.00] bpm;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009\u2264\u20090.001), while EDR revealed no significant differences (n-iC\/m-iC\/iC: 69.64[156.65]\/61.72[172.20]\/75.10[154.07] \u00b5S;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009\u2265\u20090.075). EDR negatively correlated with the number of teeth m-iC-interventions (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      = -0.423;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.003). Moreover, EDR and HR were significantly related to certain variables such as long-term medication and number of general diseases (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Significant correlations included a positive association between Oral Health Impact Profile scores and dental anxiety (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.233;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.040) and a negative correlation with the total number of teeth (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      = -0.378;\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Socio-demographic and treatment-related factors were intertwined with patient and dental parameters in SPT and appeared to influence adherence. HR varied across clusters, but no clear link between vital signs and psychological stress could be established.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Trial registration<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The clinical trial was prospectively registered in the DRKS\u2014German Clinical Trials Register (\n                      <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.drks.de\" ext-link-type=\"uri\">https:\/\/www.drks.de<\/jats:ext-link>\n                      ) with the registration-ID DRKS00031969 (06\/05\/2023).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12903-026-07656-5","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,16]],"date-time":"2026-01-16T05:55:05Z","timestamp":1768542905000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Supportive periodontal therapy: individual patients\u2019 perception of various professional interventions"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"26","author":[{"given":"Miriam","family":"Cyris","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Leah","family":"Kopetzki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dominik M.","family":"Schulte","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christoph E.","family":"D\u00f6rfer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Johannes C.","family":"Ehrenthal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Christian","family":"Graetz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,16]]},"reference":[{"issue":"3","key":"7656_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"325","DOI":"10.1902\/jop.2012.120069","volume":"84","author":"F Borges Tde","year":"2013","unstructured":"Borges Tde F, et al. 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