Correlação entre autoestima e grau de severidade da disfunção temporomandibular em sujeitos controle e afetados

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, José Adolfo Menezes Garcia [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Dibai Filho, Almir Vieira, Machado, Afonso Antonio [UNESP], Oliveira, Luana Emanuela Moço [UNESP], Navega, Marcelo Tavella [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1807-25772012000600002; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/117918
• topic: Self concept; temporomandibular joint disorders; gender identity; Autoimagem; transtornos da articulação temporomandibular; identidade de gênero

INTRODUCTION: Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) have association with psychological manifestations. OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were to correlate the severity of TMD and the level of self-esteem, and to investigate sex‑related differences. MATERIAL AND METHOD: We evaluated 57 subjects of both gender, with mean age of 20.28 ± 2.07 years, through the Fonseca Anamnesis Index (FAI) and Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (RSS). Correlations between variables were performed using the Spearman correlation coefficient; comparisons between the genders were performed using the Mann-Whitney test. It was considered a significance level of 5%. RESULT: No differences were found for the comparisons between the gender in the FAI (p = 0.79) and the RSS (p = 0.90). RSS correlates with the FAI in women (p = 0.01), but in men this result does not occur (p = 0.07). CONCLUSION: We concluded that women are more likely to have emotional disturbances resulting from changes in the temporomandibular joint than men.