Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Novel Forensic Research, cilt.2, sa.1, ss.1-8, 2023 (Hakemli Dergi)
Aim: We aimed to evaluate childhood traumas and dissociative experiences which we think may be predisposing factors in patients with recurrent aphthousstomatitis (RAS).Materials and Methods: The sample of the study consisted of 60 volunteer patients over the age of 18 (30 RAS patients and 30 control groups) who applied to theotolaryngology clinic. A Personal Information Form was prepared in line with main objective of the study, Childhood Traumas Questionnaire (CTQ), DissociativeExperiences Scale (DES), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), and Quality of Life Scale-Short Form-36 (QLS36)were implemented on patients through face-to-face interviews.Results: Brief symptom scale total score of RAS cases (x̄=45.64±43.22) was compared to the control group (x̄=37.62± 22.58), short symptom scale sub-dimensiondepression score (x̄=12.17±11.21) was compared to the control group (x̄=11.52±5.74), age traumas scale total score (x̄=70.59±43.22) from the control group(x̄=68.74±10.60), dissociative experiences scale total score (x̄=14.30±7.30) from the control group (x̄=11.02±1.24) and quality of life scale general health perceptionscore ( x̄=52.25±12.58) was significantly higher than the control group (x̄=51.29±11.87)(p<.05). RAS was closely associated with psychiatric symptoms inducedby traumas, somatization, anxiety and depression clinically.Conclusion: RAS is an important disease having negative effects on the quality of life and is closely associated with depressive symptoms. This study resultsfound a positive relationship between the childhood traumas and dissociative experiences in RAS cases. Childhood traumas and dissociative experiences can beconsidered as a predisposing factor in patients with RAS
Aim: We aimed to evaluate childhood traumas and dissociative experiences which we think may be predisposing factors in patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS).
Materials and Methods: The sample of the study consisted of 60 volunteer patients over the age of 18 (30 RAS patients and 30 control groups) who applied to the otolaryngology clinic. A Personal Information Form was prepared in line with main objective of the study, Childhood Traumas Questionnaire (CTQ), Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), and Quality of Life Scale-Short Form-36 (QLS36) were implemented on patients through face-to-face interviews.
Results: Brief symptom scale total score of RAS cases (x̄ =45.64±43.22) was compared to the control group (x̄ =37.62± 22.58), short symptom scale sub-dimension depression score (x̄ =12.17±11.21) was compared to the control group (x̄ =11.52±5.74), age traumas scale total score (x̄ =70.59±43.22) from the control group (x̄ =68.74±10.60), dissociative experiences scale total score (x̄ =14.30±7.30) from the control group (x̄ =11.02±1.24) and quality of life scale general health perception score ( x̄ =52.25±12.58) was significantly higher than the control group (x̄ =51.29±11.87)(p<.05). RAS was closely associated with psychiatric symptoms induced by traumas, somatization, anxiety and depression clinically.
Conclusion: RAS is an important disease having negative effects on the quality of life and is closely associated with depressive symptoms. This study results found a positive relationship between the childhood traumas and dissociative experiences in RAS cases. Childhood traumas and dissociative experiences can be considered as a predisposing factor in patients with RAS.
Keywords: Recurrent aphthous stomatitis, childhood traumas, dissociative experiences, hospital depression and anxiety, quality of life