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ISSN (Print) 1013-9052
EISSN 1658-3558
The Saudi Dental Journal,
P.O. Box 52500,
Riyadh 11563,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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An Abridged Psychological Self-rating Questionnaire for screening of patients with temporomandibular disorders
Mohammed Al-Hassan Khalid *, MBBS, MSc (Psych)
El-Fatih Ibrahim El-Amin **, BDS, MSc (London), FDSRCSI, AIMPT (UK) Saeed El-Laithi Ali ***, MSc, MD (Community Med) *Al-Ahsa Psychiatric Hospital, MOH, Saudi Arabia ** Al-Ahsa Dental Center, MOH, P.O. Box 5161, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia *** King Fahad Hospital, Hofuf, MOH, Saudi Arabia , P.O. Box 3967, Al-Ahsa 31982
An Abridged Psychological Self-rating Questionnaire (APSQ) was taken from the Middlesex Hospital Scale and adapted to the Al-Ahsa colloquial Arabic language. The aim was to develop a simple yet valid screening tool for early detection of temporomandibular disorder (TMD) patients with psychological problems. It is well known that a considerable number of TMD patients are psychologically dysfunctional and have higher rates of anxiety, depression, and health care utilization. This case-control study was done on a systemic random sample of 72 TMD Saudi patients. All subjects were blindly rated on the APSQ during dental assessment, and each followed by a clinical psychiatric assessment consisting of a history and a systemic mental state examination. A cut-off point ranging from 11 to 13 was found acceptable in identifying positive subjects. The best cut-off point was found to be at 12. When using the recommended cut-off point, approximately 15.3% of the subjects were identified by the APSQ form as psychiatric patients as compared to 38.9% being identified by the clinical psychiatric assessment. The sensitivity ranged from 72.7 to 90.48 % and specificity ranged from 83.87 to
89.7 %. The commonest psychiatric disorder among the subjects was a mixed anxiety-depression disorder. The APSQ was found to be of good validity, thus supporting its usefulness as a screening tool for detecting psychiatric morbidity among TMD patients in the Al-Ahsa area.
Saudi Dental Journal 2002;14(1):20-25.
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