[Psychological aspects of patients with burning mouth syndrome: an investigation of personality, psychopathological profiles and social life background stress].
OBJECTIVE
To know the psychosocial background of patients with burning mouth syndrome (BMS) in China.


METHODS
In this study, 30 patients with BMS and 30 normal subjects of control group were evaluated for their personality, psychopathological profile and existence of recent life events. All subjects were required to complete the EPQ questionnaire, the SCL-90 questionnaire and a Life Event Scale, and chi-square test analysis of variance and rank sum test were used in this study.


RESULTS
The personality of introversion and instability was common in BMS group. The scores of 9 emotional factors and negative life events were higher than that of the control group significantly.


CONCLUSIONS
BMS may be a series of psychological disorder and somatic discomfort caused by stresses of social life events on the people with special personality.
Yue
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Y
College of Stomatology, West China University of Medical Sciences.
Chen
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Q
Lin
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M
Li
B
B
D002054:Burning Mouth Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires