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Table 3 Psychological Comorbidity of TMD patients (TMD all and according to their painDETECT scores (≤ 12, n = 12; 13–18, n = 3; ≥ 19, n = 4))

From: Somatosensory profiles of patients with chronic myogenic temporomandibular disorders in relation to their painDETECT score

Psychological comorbidity

Healthy subjects

TMD

TMD - painDETECT

(n = 38)

all (n = 19)

p-value

≤ 12 (n = 12)

p-value

13–18 (n = 3)

p-value

≥ 19 (n = 4)

p-value

anxiety (HADS-D)

mean ± SD

5.0 ± 3

7.3 ± 5

0.082

7.1 ± 4.5

0.102

5.3 ± 3.1

0.865

9.3 ± 7.0

0.034*

< 8

n = 32

n = 12

 

n = 8

 

n = 2

 

n = 2

 

8–10

n = 4

n = 0

 

n = 0

 

n = 0

 

n = 0

 

> 10

n = 2

n = 6

 

n = 3

 

n = 1

 

n = 2

 

depression (HADS-D)

mean ± SD

2.2 ± 2.5

6.4 ± 4.3

0.001**

6.6 ± 5.1

0.000***

5.3 ± 3.1

0.105

7.0 ± 3.2

0.006**

< 8

n = 37

n = 10

 

n = 6

 

n = 2

 

n = 2

 

8–10

n = 1

n = 5

 

n = 2

 

n = 1

 

n = 2

 

> 10

n = 0

n = 3

 

n = 3

 

n = 0

 

n = 0

 

diverting attention (CSQ1)

mean ± SD

2.9 ± 1.1

3.3 ± 0.3

0.335

3.3 ± 1.4

0.423

3.4 ± 2

0.592

3.3 ± 1.6

0.634

reinterpreting pain sensation (CSQ2)

mean ± SD

2.2 ± 1

2.0 ± 0.2

0.584

2.2 ± 1.1

0.983

1.7 ± 1.1

0.499

1.7 ± 0.5

0.434

coping self-statement (CSQ3)

mean ± SD

3.7 ± 1.1

4.3 ± 0.4

0.157

4.2 ± 2

0.306

3.8 ± 0.5

0.932

4.9 ± 0.8

0.108

ignoring sensation (CSQ4)

mean ± SD

3.3 ± 1.2

3.3 ± 0.3

0.960

3.5 ± 1.8

0.783

2.3 ± 1.2

0.229

3.8 ± 1

0.497

praying and hoping (CSQ5)

mean ± SD

2.6 ± 1.3

3.0 ± 0.3

0.314

2.5 ± 1.4

0.872

3.1 ± 0.8

0.481

4.1 ± 0.9

0.030*

catastrophizing (CSQ6)

mean ± SD

2.0 ± 1.1

3.3 ± 0.4

0.022*

3.6 ± 2.1

0.006**

3.2 ± 2.1

0.193

2.6 ± 1.8

0.503

increased behaviour activities (CSQ7)

mean ± SD

3.5 ± 1.5

4.3 ± 0.3

0.080

4.1 ± 1.5

0.328

5.4 ± 0.8

0.044*

4.3 ± 1.6

0.320

pain behaviour (CSQ8)

mean ± SD

4.0 ± 1

3.7 ± 0.3

0.473

3.2 ± 1.2

0.055

5.1 ± 1.5

0.089

4.0 ± 0.6

0.967

  1. HADS-D Hospital anxiety and depression scale, anxiety in mean value ± SD or divided in subgroups concerning their severity (< 8, 8–10, > 10), depression in mean value ± SD CSQ = Coping strategies in mean value ± SD; p-value for TMD all as results of unpaired t-test as related to healthy subjects considering the Levene’s test for equality of variances; p-value according to the painDETECT scores as results of analysis of variance (ANOVA) with LSD post hoc correction of multiple comparison (*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001)
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