Exploring the Relationship between Perfectionism and Pain in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Difference in demographic parameters, psychological status, VAS, PHQ-4, and perfectionism scores between the OPT and CPT groups.

	OPT group (n = 80)	CPT group (n = 197)	p value
Age	26.98 ± 8.64	26.43 ± 7.81	0.611
Sex
Male	9 (11.25%)	32 (16.24%)	0.289
Female	71 (88.75%)	165 (83.76%)
VAS-c	2.00 (1.00–3.00)	2.00 (1.00–3.00)	0.611
VAS-m	3.00 (2.00–4.00)	3.00 (1.00–4.00)	0.288
GAD-2	1.73 ± 1.53	1.70 ± 1.64	0.909
PHQ-2	1.45 ± 1.35	1.69 ± 1.57	0.241
PHQ-4	3.17 ± 2.65	3.39 ± 3.03	0.857
Self-oriented perfectionism	22.51 ± 4.65	21.97 ± 5.06	0.408
Other-oriented perfectionism	21.25 ± 4.67	20.63 ± 5.08	0.350
Socially prescribed perfectionism	20.93 ± 5.36	20.52 ± 5.46	0.577
Total scores of perfectionism	64.69 ± 13.22	63.13 ± 13.80	0.389

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation or median (Q1, Q3).