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Table 4 Psychological status of Chinese TMD pain patients

From: Somatosensory abnormalities in Chinese patients with painful temporomandibular disorders

Categories

na/(%)

Patient (mean ± SD)

Control (mean ± SD)

Somatization

10 (25 %)

1.97 ± 0.67

1.37 ± 0.48

Obsessive compulsive

7 (17.5 %)

2.00 ± 0.84

1.62 ± 0.58

Interpersonal sensitivity

7 (17.5 %)

1.79 ± 0.72

1.65 ± 0.51

Depression

7 (17.5 %)

1.90 ± 0.77

1.5 ± 0.59

Anxiety

8 (20 %)

1.76 ± 0.74

1.39 ± 0.43

Anger and hostility

5 (12.5 %)

1.76 ± 0.75

1.48 ± 0.56

Phobic anxiety

7 (17.5 %)

1.52 ± 0.66

1.23 ± 0.41

Paranoid ideation

4 (10 %)

1.64 ± 0.62

1.43 ± 0.57

Psychoticism

5 (12.5 %)

1.57 ± 0.50

1.29 ± 0.42

Average

6.7 (16.7 %)

  
  1. The psychological status of patients was evaluated using the SCL-90 scale [17]. a n = the number of patients’ score outside the normal range of reference data (mean ± 1.96 SD)