Personality Profile of TMD Patients from the Viewpoint of Pain

통증을 중심으로 본 악관절장애 환자의 인성적 경향에 대한 고찰

Personality characteristics of third decade female TMD patients was studied by means of SCL-90-R test. 112 TMD patients and 96 dental controls were subjected at the department of Oral medicine, Kyungpook National University Hospital. All the patients were divided into 3 groups according to their pain profile namely, MPDS, ID with Pain and ID with out Pain, and dental controls were divided into 2 groups manely, Dental Controls with Pain and Dental Controls without Pain for comparison. The obtained results were as follows : 1. Mean T-scores of SCL-90-R primary scales and global indexes in the patient and control group were within normal range. 2. When compared between groups with pain, MPDS group were significantly higher in scales of SOM, 0-C, I-S, HOS and PHOB than ID with Pain group and in scales of SOM, I-S. DEP, HOS and PHOM than Dental Controls with Pain group. 3. When compared with ID and Control groups in same pain condition, there were no significant differences between ID without pain and Dental Controls without Pain group. 4. When compared between groups with pain and groups without pain, there were significant differences in scales of SOM and O-C between Dental Controls with Pain and Dental controls without Pain group.