颞下颌关节紊乱综合征患者的个性特征

Personality in TMJDS patients

目的探求颞下颌关节紊乱综合征（ＴＭＪＤＳ）患者的个性特征。方法研究对象包括５４例ＴＭＪＤＳ患者的临床病例组；３０例无关节主观症状而有关节客观体征的非临床病例组；５２例无关节主、客观症状的正常人对照组。采用艾森克个性问卷（ＥＰＱ）对研究对象进行个性调查。结果临床病例组和非临床病例组Ｅ量表分偏低而Ｎ量表分偏高，与正常人对照组有显著差异；疾病的发生与Ｅ、Ｎ量表有显著相关关系。结论ＴＭＪＤＳ的个性特征为倾向内向—情绪不稳定型个性，具有此个性的人群对疾病有易感性。

Objective To explore the personality in patients with temporomandibular joint disorder syndrome(TMJDS).MethodsThe objects of study are divided into 3 groups,including 54 TMJDS patients randomly selected from our TMJ clinic(named clinical group),30 people with objective signs but without subjective symptoms(named non-clinical group),and 52 people without objective and subjective symptoms(named control group).Eysenck Personality Questionnaire(EPQ) is used in personality investigation of objects studied.Results Clinical and non-clinical groups exhibit remarkably low level of extraversion and high level of Neuroticism,compared with control group.And stepwise regression analysis revealed that the disease is notably correlative to Variance E and N.Conclusions The personality of TMJDS patients is neuroticintravert type,and people with such type of personality are susceptible to the disease.