Korean J Orthod.  1998 Apr;28(2):231-236.

Evaluation on the psychosocial status of the orthognathic surgery patient before surgeryy

• Son WS
• Park WK
• Kim UK

Abstract

This study was undertaken to evaluate the psychosocial status of the preoperative orthognathic surgery patient through SCL-90-R. Subjects used in this study were composed of 67 patients under presurgical orthodontic treatment Males are 40 and females are 27. Comparison between the personality characteristics of male and female patients was made by the t-test. From this study, the results were as follows. 1. In preoperative patients group, all T-scores were within the normal range. 2. In male patients group, all T-scores were within the normal range. 3. In female patients group, all T-scores were within the normal range. 4. Only in PHOB scales, the T-scores of male patients group were higher than those of female patients group. 5. Although all T-scores were within the normal range, 9 patients(13.4% of all patients) shows abnormal T-scores in at least one scale.(T> or =65)

Keyword

preoperative psychosocial status; orthognathic surgery; SCL-90-R

MeSH Terms

Female
Humans
Male
Orthognathic Surgery*
Reference Values
Weights and Measures