Clinical analysis of the examination of patients of different age groups with chronic recurrent aphthous stomatites

Abstract

Introduction. Stress can affect the mucous skin of the mouth and lead to the formation of canker sores. The study of psychoemotional status is a place to establish the etiology of ChRAS. using the licensed programs «MS Excel 7» for the operating system «Windows» and the standard program package «STATISTICA» v. 6.0. Goal. To conduct an analysis of the clinical examination of patients of different age groups with chronic recurrent aphthous stomatitis. Materials and methods. 80 people, residents of Ternopil Oblast, were subjected to the examination, who underwent an assessment of their psycho-emotional status according to the scale of reactive and personal anxiety Author Ch.D. Spielberger (adapted by Y.L. Khanin), Frankl's scale and Lüscher's color test. The level of pain sensations was determined using a modified VAS scale. Statistical analysis of the obtained data was carried out using generally accepted methods of mathematical statistics, calculations were performed using licensed programs «MS Excel 7» for the operating system « Windows» and the standard program package «STATISTICA» v. 6.0. Results and their discussion. Among the examined patients, the fibrinous form of ChRAS prevailed (in 56.3%), the prevalence of high personal anxiety (in 73.8%) and high reactive anxiety (in 88.8%) was noted. At rest, weak pain of the 1st degree prevailed in 43.8% of patients; severe pain when speaking and eating – in 52.5% of patients; upon palpation, the aphtha was dominated by unbearable pain in 57.4% of patients. Conclusions. Among the examined, 33.3% of group 1, 60.0% of group 2, and 73.3% of group 3 refused treatment, were in a state of crisis; in 55.6% of group 1, 40.0% of group 2, and 20.0% of group 3, the emotional state was defined as unsatisfactory and needed the help of a psychologist.