title: Psychological characteristics of long-term female temporomandibular joint pain patients.
abstract: Analysis from the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale (TMAS) scores of 44 long-term temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain patients and 10 facial pain patients of a non-TMJ variety shows no significant differences. Both groups were significantly higher than a normative group. After treatment TMJ patients are not significantly different on the TMAS than the normative group. Etiological implications are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000523:psychology; D008347:Manifest Anxiety Scale; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors