Strategies for Coping with Pain and Psychological Distress Associated with Temporomandibular Joint Osteoarthrosis and Internal Derangement
Generate an AI Snapshot to get a quick, structured summary of this paper.
A concise AI-generated summary of the paper will appear here once you click Generate AI Snapshot.
TL;DR
Stepwise regression analysis showed that patients scoring high on expression of emotions and wishful thinking had significantly higher levels of pain/suffering and psychological distress, compared with other subgroups of patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMDs).
Abstract
Previous studies of other subgroups of patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) report higher degrees of psychological distress. The need to distinguish between specific subgroups of patients with TMD is emphasized by the results of this study. Cognitive-behaviorial interventions to improve ways of coping is not very useful for the subgroup in this study.