-Abstract-
Personality characteristics of orofacial pain patients was analyzed psychologically by
means of the SCL-90-R. 36 TMD patients, 20 burning mouth syndrome(BMS) patients,
31 trigeminal neuralgia(TN) patients, 20 control I and 28 control Ⅱ were subjected at
Orofacial pain clinic, Department of Oral Medicine and Health Promotion Center, Pusan
National University Hospital during the period from 1998 to 1999.
The obtained results were as follows:
1. Mean values of T-scores on 9 basic scales in all the groups were within normal
range.
2. The T-scores of SOM, O-C, ANX and HOS in TMD patient group were significantly
higher than those in control I group, but there was no significant difference in all scales between TMD patient group and control Ⅱ group.
3. The T-scores of SOM in BMS patient group was significantly higher than those in
control I group, but there was no significant difference in all scales between BMS
patient group and control Ⅱ group.
4. The T-scores of SOM in TN patient group was significantly higher than those in
control Ⅱ group.
5. As compared with present and absent of the history of systemic diseases, there was
no significant difference of the scales in TMD, BMS and TN patient groups but the
T-scores of the patient groups with the history of systemic diseases tended to higher than those of the patient group without the history of systemic diseases.
6. As compared with acute and chronic groups, the T-scores of O-C, I-S, PAR, PSY in
chronic BMS patient group were significantly higher than those in acute BMS patient.
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