This study was directed to clinical and pscychosomatic analysis in the temporomandibular disorder patients and control group, using various test batteries, such as temporomandibular disorder chart, social readjustment rating scale, coping strategies o...
This study was directed to clinical and pscychosomatic analysis in the temporomandibular disorder patients and control group, using various test batteries, such as temporomandibular disorder chart, social readjustment rating scale, coping strategies of Weisman, a global assessment of recent stress scale of Linn, Zung's self-rating scale of depression and MMPI. 67 subjscts(33 of TMD patients and 34 of controls) who visited our dept, were evaluated and analyzed through SPSS program.
The obtained results were as follows;
1. T.M.D. patients included more female than male and mean age was below 20 years old, education level was generally low and had many students & housewives.
2. A half of the T.M.D. patients had combined diseases, two-third had predpitating factor and all had two or three type of clinical symptom.
3. In T.M.D. patients there were no significant difference in psychosomatic analysis whether they had any precipitating factor or not.
4. In the T.M.D. patients, the group with combined diseases seemed to be more sensitive to interpersonal relationship, illness and to have higher tendency to depression than the group without combined diseases.
5. T.M.D. patients seemed to have more stress in SRRS, less responsive to the pressure from financial difficulties and unfamiliar with the three coping strategies, namely shared concern, redefinition, and acting-out.