Psychometric profiles of temporomandibular disorder patients in southern Thailand.
Psychological factors of temporomandibular disorder patients are believed to have a significant role in the aetiology and maintenance of the disorders. Sixty-two temporomandibular disorder patients, 67 dental patients, and 70 asymptomatic subjects were compared for psychometric profile by using a self-report symptom inventory. Temporomandibular disorder patients were more depressed and anxious than dental patients and asymptomatic subjects, and were also more somatized than asymptomatic subjects.
Department of Oral Biology and Occlusion, Faculty of Dentistry, Prince of Songkhla University, Thailand. ssomsak@ratree.psu.ac.th
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D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000150:complications; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D013785:Thailand