Macroeconomics

Orofacial pain

Depression (economics)

Fibromyalgia

Psychiatry

Economics

Anxiety

Chronic pain

Asymptomatic

Temporomandibular joint

Correlation

Mathematics

Somatization

Physical therapy

Internal medicine

Geometry

Orthodontics

Research Diagnostic Criteria

Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome

Medicine

Clinical psychology

CRANIO®

Objective: The aim of this study was to correlate degree of depression, somatization, and chronic pain in asymptomatic women with clinical findings, using Research Diagnostic Criteria/Temporomandibular disorders (RDC/TMD).Methods: A total of 200 female participants, ages 18–65, filled out a standard RDC/TMD axis II form for the assessment of chronic pain, disability, depression, and non-specific physical symptoms and underwent clinical examination of the temporomandibular joint. Correlation of clinical findings (axis I) and axis II assessment was performed using Spearman’s correlation test, with significance set at p < 0.05.Results: There was a significant correlation between depression scores (p < 0.04), chronic pain (p < 0.001), and non-specific physical symptoms without questions about pain (p = 0.008).Discussion: The highest scores on the Graded Chronic Pain Scale were observed in patients with arthralgia, while patients with myofascial pain scored higher on depression and somatization tests.

Correlation of somatization, depression, and chronic pain with clinical findings of the temporomandibular disorders in asymptomatic women