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The extent of the psychological impairment of prosthodontic outpatients at a German University Hospital
BACKGROUND: Psychological factors are not only important in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMDs), but also in patients suffering from tooth loss and/or in those awaiting prosthodontic care with fixed or removable dentures as several authors emphasize. The purpose of the present prospecti...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2579285/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18947386 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-160X-4-23 |
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author | Ommerborn, Michelle A Hugger, Alfons Kruse, Johannes Handschel, Jörg GK Depprich, Rita A Stüttgen, Ulrich Zimmer, Stefan Raab, Wolfgang HM |
author_facet | Ommerborn, Michelle A Hugger, Alfons Kruse, Johannes Handschel, Jörg GK Depprich, Rita A Stüttgen, Ulrich Zimmer, Stefan Raab, Wolfgang HM |
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description | BACKGROUND: Psychological factors are not only important in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMDs), but also in patients suffering from tooth loss and/or in those awaiting prosthodontic care with fixed or removable dentures as several authors emphasize. The purpose of the present prospective observational study was to compare prosthodontic outpatients of the Department of Prosthodontics at the University of Duesseldorf and patients seeking care at the TMD/Orofacial Pain Outpatient Clinic (TMD/OFPOC) at the same university with respect to sociodemographic data, self-reported somatic complaints, and psychological impairment. METHODS: A total of 234 patients received two self-administered questionnaires including the Symptom-Check-List. Complete data have been obtained from 65 prosthodontic outpatients and 60 patients of the TMD/OFPOC. RESULTS: Results indicated statistically significant group differences regarding sociodemographic data and somatic complaints. Concerning the latter, in 11 of the 21 items, groups differed significantly and confirmed the absence of any mixing between the two outpatient clinics. Although the evaluation of psychological impairment revealed no significant group differences, in 21.9% of the prosthodontic outpatients and in 22.0% of the patients from the TMD/OFPOC, the extent of the determined psychological impairment was similar to that of psychotherapeutic outpatients; in 9.4% and 8.5% it was similar to that of psychotherapeutic inpatients, respectively. CONCLUSION: Within the limitations of this study, in approximately one third of the evaluated patients of both the prosthodontic outpatient clinic and the TMD/OFPOC the psychological impairment reached values comparable to those of psychotherapeutic outpatients and psychotherapeutic inpatients. Therefore, the present findings emphasize the need to intensify the integration of psychosomatic aspects into dentistry and, in particular, to add psychological considerations to future German education plans. |
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spelling | pubmed-25792852008-11-05 The extent of the psychological impairment of prosthodontic outpatients at a German University Hospital Ommerborn, Michelle A Hugger, Alfons Kruse, Johannes Handschel, Jörg GK Depprich, Rita A Stüttgen, Ulrich Zimmer, Stefan Raab, Wolfgang HM Head Face Med Research BACKGROUND: Psychological factors are not only important in patients with temporomandibular disorders (TMDs), but also in patients suffering from tooth loss and/or in those awaiting prosthodontic care with fixed or removable dentures as several authors emphasize. The purpose of the present prospective observational study was to compare prosthodontic outpatients of the Department of Prosthodontics at the University of Duesseldorf and patients seeking care at the TMD/Orofacial Pain Outpatient Clinic (TMD/OFPOC) at the same university with respect to sociodemographic data, self-reported somatic complaints, and psychological impairment. METHODS: A total of 234 patients received two self-administered questionnaires including the Symptom-Check-List. Complete data have been obtained from 65 prosthodontic outpatients and 60 patients of the TMD/OFPOC. RESULTS: Results indicated statistically significant group differences regarding sociodemographic data and somatic complaints. Concerning the latter, in 11 of the 21 items, groups differed significantly and confirmed the absence of any mixing between the two outpatient clinics. Although the evaluation of psychological impairment revealed no significant group differences, in 21.9% of the prosthodontic outpatients and in 22.0% of the patients from the TMD/OFPOC, the extent of the determined psychological impairment was similar to that of psychotherapeutic outpatients; in 9.4% and 8.5% it was similar to that of psychotherapeutic inpatients, respectively. CONCLUSION: Within the limitations of this study, in approximately one third of the evaluated patients of both the prosthodontic outpatient clinic and the TMD/OFPOC the psychological impairment reached values comparable to those of psychotherapeutic outpatients and psychotherapeutic inpatients. Therefore, the present findings emphasize the need to intensify the integration of psychosomatic aspects into dentistry and, in particular, to add psychological considerations to future German education plans. BioMed Central 2008-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC2579285/ /pubmed/18947386 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-160X-4-23 Text en Copyright © 2008 Ommerborn et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Ommerborn, Michelle A Hugger, Alfons Kruse, Johannes Handschel, Jörg GK Depprich, Rita A Stüttgen, Ulrich Zimmer, Stefan Raab, Wolfgang HM The extent of the psychological impairment of prosthodontic outpatients at a German University Hospital |
title | The extent of the psychological impairment of prosthodontic outpatients at a German University Hospital |
title_full | The extent of the psychological impairment of prosthodontic outpatients at a German University Hospital |
title_fullStr | The extent of the psychological impairment of prosthodontic outpatients at a German University Hospital |
title_full_unstemmed | The extent of the psychological impairment of prosthodontic outpatients at a German University Hospital |
title_short | The extent of the psychological impairment of prosthodontic outpatients at a German University Hospital |
title_sort | extent of the psychological impairment of prosthodontic outpatients at a german university hospital |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2579285/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18947386 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-160X-4-23 |
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