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Table 2 The prevalence of alexithymia, somatic symptom burden, brief resilience coping abilities, TMD risk, and oral behavior among the sample population as per the TAS-20, SSS-7, BRCS, TMD-pain screener, and OBC-21

From: Alexithymia, oral behaviors, and temporomandibular disorders: a dark triad?

 

N (%)

Mean (SD)

Alexithymia

 

50.13 (10.06)

 Non-alexithymic

89 (33.7)

 Possible alexithymic

82 (31.1)

 Alexithymic

93 (35.2)

Somatic Symptom Scale

 

10.98 (6.54)

 No-to-minimal risk

29 (11.0)

 Low risk

68 (25.8)

 Medium risk

53 (20.1)

 High risk

48 (18.2)

 Very high risk

66 (25.0)

Brief resilience coping

 

13.41 (3.35)

 Low

129 (48.9)

 Medium

84 (31.8)

 High

51 (19.3)

TMD risk

 

1.26 (1.59)

 No risk

231 (87.5)

 High risk

33 (12.5)

OBC risk grade

 

13.41 (3.35)

 No risk

5 (1.9)

 Low risk

165 (62.7)

 High risk

93 (35.4)

  1. BRCS Brief Resilient Coping Scale, OBC Oral Behavior Checklist, SSS Somatic Symptom Scale, TAS Toronto Alexithymia Scale, TMD Temporomandibular disorder