Gerke D C, Goss A N, Bassett D L
Department of Dentistry, University of Adelaide, SA.
Aust Prosthodont J. 1990;4:29-34.
Psychological and emotional factors are clearly involved in the development of temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJD). They also are involved in whether the patient chooses to present for treatment and how they react to the health care professional and treatment. However, many previous studies have been simplistic in that they look at a particular psychologic aspect in isolation. In this series of studies, a multivariate analysis of a broad range of psychologic and physical variables in a TMJD group (N = 105) and a matched control group (N = 90) was performed. The methodology of the study is described in detail in this paper. Patients with high life events were compared with those with low life events. A simple relationship of high life events to development of TMJD was not demonstrated. However, high life events did correlate directly with other psychological parameters and to the development of illness behaviour.
心理和情绪因素显然与颞下颌关节紊乱症（TMJD）的发展有关。它们还涉及患者是否选择就诊以及他们对医护人员和治疗的反应。然而，许多先前的研究过于简单，因为它们孤立地看待某一特定的心理方面。在这一系列研究中，对颞下颌关节紊乱症组（N = 105）和匹配的对照组（N = 90）中的广泛心理和身体变量进行了多变量分析。本文详细描述了该研究的方法。将生活事件多的患者与生活事件少的患者进行了比较。未证实生活事件多与颞下颌关节紊乱症的发展有直接关系。然而，生活事件多确实与其他心理参数以及疾病行为的发展直接相关。
