hrvatski

Emocionalni profil pacijenata s temporomandibularnim poremećajem

Aim of research : To determine the prevalence of TMD clinical diagnoses, psychological distress and psychosocial dysfunction using standardized protocol of diagnostic criteria for analysis of temporomandibular joint dysfunctions (RDC/TMD) ; to determine whether acute and chronic patients have more pronounced depression and anxiety in comparison with control, and whether significant stressful event preceded appearance of TMD using psychological tests (Emotions profile index, Somatization scale and Recent life events scale). Methods: Ninety female patients participated in this research – 60 had TMD, while remaining 30 presented a control group. At beginning of research, patients filled out a screening evaluation test to determine position in research group. Next step was RDC/TMD protocol, followed by psychological tests. Results: Patients' age ranged from 22 to 67 years, with average age of 38, 5 ± ; 12 years. In statistical analysis we used descriptive statistics, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test of distribution fitting for psychological variables, t-test for independent samples, variance analysis and Scheffe post-hoc tests.

temporomandibularni poremećaj ; psihosocijalna disfunkcija ; psihosocijalni distres

nije evidentirano

engleski

Emotional profile of patients with temporomandibular disorders

Aim of research : To determine the prevalence of TMD clinical diagnoses, psychological distress and psychosocial dysfunction using standardized protocol of diagnostic criteria for analysis of temporomandibular joint dysfunctions (RDC/TMD) ; to determine whether acute and chronic patients have more pronounced depression and anxiety in comparison with control, and whether significant stressful event preceded appearance of TMD using psychological tests (Emotions profile index, Somatization scale and Recent life events scale). Methods: Ninety female patients participated in this research – 60 had TMD, while remaining 30 presented a control group. At beginning of research, patients filled out a screening evaluation test to determine position in research group. Next step was RDC/TMD protocol, followed by psychological tests. Results: Patients' age ranged from 22 to 67 years, with average age of 38, 5 ± ; 12 years. In statistical analysis we used descriptive statistics, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test of distribution fitting for psychological variables, t-test for independent samples, variance analysis and Scheffe post-hoc tests.

temporomandibular disorder (TMD) ; psychosocial dysfunction ; psychosocial distress

nije evidentirano