Personality Disorders in Patients with Burning Mouth Syndrome

Maina, Giuseppe; Albert, Umberto; Gandolfo, S; Vitalucci, Alberto; Bogetto, Filippo

doi:10.1521/pedi.19.1.84.62182

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“…Specific personality traits have previously been described for BMS patients, including anxiety, sad thoughts, concerns about health, and cancerophobia (11,17). IBMS patients feel more anxious and depressed than healthy controls (7,9,10,29-31) and have a greater prevalence of personality disorders than healthy subjects (32).…”

Section: Psychological Statusmentioning

confidence: 93%

The relationship between the clinical features of idiopathic burning mouth syndrome and self-perceived quality of life

Boucher

2016

J Oral Sci

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In this descriptive study, we investigated the relationship between the clinical characteristics of idiopathic burning mouth syndrome (iBMS) and the quality of life. Eighteen iBMS patients were interviewed about their experience with pain, oral-associated complaints, cognitive status, and selfperceived quality of life using the French versions of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Global Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI). The Spearman coefficient was used to analyze correlations. The level of significance was fixed at P < 0.05. The majority of patients described the association of oral burning sensations with other oral complaints, including dry mouth (77.8%), tactile abnormalities (66.7%), thermal abnormalities (44.5%), and taste disturbances (38.9%). HADanxiety scores were higher than 10 in 38.8% of iBMS patients and HAD-depression scores were higher than 10 in 33.3% of patients. A significant correlation was found between the number of associated complaints and HAD-depression scores. The mean GOHAI-add score was 37.9 ± 9.6 (mean ± SD), and 94.5% of iBMS patients had a score lower than 50. GOHAI-add scores strongly correlated with pain intensity, which was calculated using a visual analog scale and duration of pain. Our findings indicate a strong correlation between iBMS-related pain and self-perceived oral health-related quality of life. In addition, a correlation was observed between iBMS-associated oral complaints and cognitive status. (J Oral Sci 58, 475-481, 2016)

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Section: Psychological Statusmentioning

confidence: 93%

The relationship between the clinical features of idiopathic burning mouth syndrome and self-perceived quality of life

Boucher

2016

J Oral Sci

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“…Scores ranging from 0 to 7 suggest no or minimal symptoms of anxiety, whereas scores of 8 and above indicate the presence of anxiety. Previous research documented high reliability and diagnostic concordance for the Italian version of this scale [48, 49]. Ham-D and Ham-A were chosen because they are two widely used and accepted outcome measures for the evaluation of clinical features of anxiety and depression.…”

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The Relationship between Alexithymia, Anxiety, Depression, and Internet Addiction Severity in a Sample of Italian High School Students

Scimeca

Bruno

Cava

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The Scientific World Journal

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We aimed to assess whether Internet addiction (IA) severity was related to alexithymia scores among high school students, taking into account the role of gender differences and the possible effect of anxiety, depression, and age. Participants in the study were 600 students (ages ranging from 13 to 22; 48.16% girls) recruited from three high schools in two cities from Southern Italy. Participants completed a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale, the Internet Addiction Test, the Hamilton Anxiety Scale, and the Hamilton Depression Scale. The findings of the study showed that IA scores were associated with alexithymia scores, over and above the effect of negative emotions and age. Students with pathological levels of alexithymia reported higher scores on IA severity. In particular, results showed that difficulty in identifying feelings was significantly associated with higher scores on IA severity. No effect of gender was found. Implications for clinicians were discussed.

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“…5 Some researchers have suggested that the disorder could be a manifestation of somatization, whereas others have reported that it is more closely related to neuropathic pain. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Some studies, but not all, have shown that depression and anxiety are associated with the variability of the pain suffered. 8 Most studies of BMS have shown a high frequency of psychiatric morbidity (somatization, obsessioncompulsion, cancerophobia, personal sensitivity, psychoticism, hostility and social isolation).…”

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confidence: 99%