title: Predictability of treatment outcome in patients with myofascial pain-dysfunction (MPD) syndrome.
abstract: Responses to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) were used to develop a 29-item scale designed to predict the treatment outcome of 135 patients with Myofascial Pain-Dysfunction (MPD) Syndrome. The results suggested that a single scale to predict treatment outcome would be ineffective due to the absence of consistent personality differences in MPD patients.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006998:Hypochondriasis / Q000523:psychology; D007046:Hysteria / Q000523:psychology; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D011336:Probability; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders; D012008:Recurrence; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*