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Personality analysis of patients complaining of sialorrhoea
Author(s) -
Lamey P.J.,
Clifford T. J.,
ElKarim I. A.,
Cooper C.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2006.00417.x
Subject(s) - neuroticism , eysenck personality questionnaire , medicine , extraversion and introversion , psychoticism , population , personality , abnormality , psychiatry , clinical psychology , big five personality traits , psychology , social psychology , environmental health
Background: Sialorrhoea, the symptom of apparent excessive secretion of saliva is a relatively uncommon complaint. Some authors consider that in the absence of clinical findings, then these patients have a psychiatric disorder masquerading as a physical illness. However, there is little evidence in the literature to support this conclusion and a detailed psychological assessment of this population has not previously been reported. Methods: In total, 18 patients and 18 age‐ and sex‐matched controls were studied. All had a history of a complaint of excess salivation in the absence of any oral mucosal or systemic abnormality. All patients completed an Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Results: There were no differences in the extroversion of psychoticism scores between the study and control group. However, the result showed significant increases in the neuroticism and Lie Scale score in the patient group. Conclusions: The overall results of this study indicate that the complaint of sialorrhoea in otherwise healthy individuals does not have an organic basis and suggest that sialorrhoea is associated with high levels of neuroticism and a tendency to dissimulate.