Magister Scientiae Dentium - MSc(Dent) / There are both physical and emotional components which are associated with the chronic pain of
TMD patients. One of the difficuhies in making an accurate assessment of each component, is the
lack of objective criteria for quantitative measurement of the emotional component. This need,
lead to the development of Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC) by Dworkin and LeResche
(1992). The aim of this study was to use RDC criteria to record the prevalence, and associations
between Axis I (physical) and AXIS TI(emotional) factors in a sample of 100 patients attending
a TMD Clinic. Patients were examined using the RDC guidelines and the diagnosis classified as
either, myogenic, disc displacement or arthritis. Patients completed a self-administered personal
history questiotmaire which analyzed emotional factors including, chronic graded pain, depression
and nonspecific physical symptoms such as headaches, faintness and lower back pain.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/9039 |
| Date | January 1997 |
| Creators | Patel, Naren |
| Contributors | Wilding, R.J.C. |
| Publisher | University of the Western Cape |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | University of the Western Cape |
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