PSYCHOMETRIC PROFILES OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDER PATIENTS IN SOUTHERN THAILAND

Authors
SIRIRUNGROJYING S SRISINTORN S AKKAYANONT P
Citation
S. Sirirungrojying et al., PSYCHOMETRIC PROFILES OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDER PATIENTS IN SOUTHERN THAILAND, Journal of oral rehabilitation, 25(7), 1998, pp. 541-544
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
Journal of oral rehabilitation → ACNP
ISSN journal
0305182X
Volume
25
Issue
7
Year of publication
1998
Pages
541 - 544
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-182X(1998)25:7<541:PPOTDP>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Psychological factors of temporomandibular disorder patients are belie ved to have a significant role in the aetiology and maintenance of the disorders. Sixty-two temporomandibular disorder patients, 67 dental p atients, and 70 asymptomatic subjects were compared for psychometric p rofile by using a self-report symptom inventory. Temporomandibular dis order patients were more depressed and anxious than dental patients an d asymptomatic subjects, and were also more somatized than asymptomati c subjects.