Open AccessThe Association Between Psychological Factors and Orofacial Pain and Its Effect on Quality of Life: A Hospital Based Study
Author(s) -
Neha Bhasin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/13624.5904
Subject(s) - orofacial pain , quality of life (healthcare) , psychological distress , association (psychology) , medicine , clinical psychology , bivariate analysis , logistic regression , psychological health , cross sectional study , perception , distress , psychology , psychiatry , mental health , physical therapy , statistics , nursing , mathematics , pathology , neuroscience , psychotherapist
To examine the hypothesis that psychological factors of psychological distress and perception of unhappiness in childhood are associated with self reported orofacial pain and to examine whether such patients have a poorer perception of their oral health related quality of life and if so then to what extent.