Open AccessAnxiety in craniomandibular disorders and bruxing behavior patients: The role of pain in single and multiple sites and severity of bruxing behavior. Part I
Author(s) -
Molina Of,
Sobreira Ma,
Tavares Pg,
Dib Je,
Aquilino Rn
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista neurociências
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1984-4905
pISSN - 0104-3579
DOI - 10.34024/rnc.2006.v14.8783
Subject(s) - anxiety , palpation , medicine , psychology , physical therapy , psychiatry , surgery
Objective: To assess the level of anxiety in patients with bruxing behavior and craniomandibular disorders (CMD). Methods: We evaluated 108 patients with bruxism and CMD, 20 patients with mild bruxism, 32 with moderate, 36 with severe and 20 extreme. We used the Test of Manifested Anxiety of Taylor (TMAS), clinical examination, a questionnaire of clinical-epidemiological data and the criteria for CMD: clinical examination, palpation of muscle and joints, the Visual Analogue Scale for pain. We also introduced an empirical scale to classify the level of anxiety as absent or mild, moderate, severe and very severe. Results: The level of anxiety increased from the mild to the moderate, severe, and extreme bruxing groups but the difference was only significant from the severe to the other three groups of bruxers (p