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:: Volume 26, Issue 4 (10-2014) ::
J Iran Dent Assoc 2014, 26(4): 267-273 Back to browse issues page
Psychological Assessment of Patients with Oral Aphthous Ulcers
Ates sa Pakfetrat1 , Zahra Delavarian1 , Javid Rasekhi2 , Amir Seyyedi3 , Shilan Salah * 4
1- Member of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases Research Center and Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Dis-eases, School of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
2- Postgraduate Student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, School of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Scienc-es, Mashhad, Iran
3- Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, School of Dentistry, Uromieh University of Medical Sciences, Uromieh, Iran
4- Postgraduate Student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, School of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Scienc-es, Mashhad, Iran , salahsh901@mums.ac.ir
Abstract:   (4681 Views)

Background and Aim: Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is among the most common oral conditions and psychological disorders are among its predisposing factors. The pur-pose of this study was to determine the frequency and type of psychological disorders in patients with RAS.

Materials and Methods: Seventy-five patients referred to Mashhad Dental School were enrolled in this cross-sectional study: 35 patients with RAS (15 males and 20 females) constituted the study group and 40 healthy patients (15 males and 25 females) comprised the control group. The SCL-90 questionnaire consisting of 90 multiple choice questions was completed by all subjects and a psychologist scored and analyzed the results in order to evaluate the psychological status of patients.

Results: The overall frequency of psychological disorders was 44% this rate was 68.6% in the RAS patients and 22.5% in the control group (p<0.0001). The frequency of anxiety disorder was 42.9% in RAS patients and 7.5% in the control group (p<0.0001). The fre-quency of somatization disorder was 17.1% in RAS patients and 0% in the control group (p=0.008). The frequency of depression was 28.6% in RAS patients and 15% in the con-trol group (p=0.004). All these differences were statistically significant. There was no sta-tistically significant difference between the two groups in other psychological disorders.

Conclusion: The results showed that psychological disorders were generally more fre-quent among RAS patients compared to the control group. The most common psychological disorder was anxiety disorder and the frequency of anxiety, depression and somatization was higher in RAS patients.
Keywords: Psychology, Anxiety, Aphthous ulcer
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Type of Study: Original | Subject: Oral Medicine
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