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KMID : 0355219950200020335
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Journal of Korean Academy Oral Medicine
1995 Volume.20 No. 2 p.335 ~ p.346
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A study on personality traits of the dental outpatients through SCL-90-R
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Abstract
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Emotional state of dental outpatients was studied by means of symptom checklist-90-revision. 229 male and 290 female dental outpatients were subjected at the private local clinic in Pusan, during the period from 1994 to 1995.
-scores from SCL-90-R were analyzed psychologically by means of 90 questionnaires through Korean manual of SCL-90-R.
The obtained results were as follows
1. Mean value of T-scores on 9 basic scales of SCL-90-R.in. all the dental outpaients was within-normal range: 2. ´l´-scores in male were significantly higher than that in female, and there was a significant difference by age group
in female.
3. There were higher levels of T-scores in groups of high academic carrier, salaryman, public servant, and unmarried I)erson.
4. T-score of patients with periodontal pain was the highest in all subject groups.
5. While ´I´-score of patients with K01(embedded and impacted teeth) was the highest, that of K02(dental caries) was the lowest.
6. T-score in acute group was higher than that in chronic group.
7. T-score of patients treated in field of oral surgery or oral medicine was higher than those of other fields of dental treatments.
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