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Published in final edited form as: Angle Orthod. 1998 Dec;68(6):547–556. doi: 10.1043/0003-3219(1998)068<0547:DDPSOP>2.3.CO;2

Table 4.

Distress profile of female patients with a facial skeletal disharmony seeking a treatment consultation.

Dimension Item % distressed
SOM Headaches 39.4%
DEP Worrying too much about things 34.5%
HOS Feeling easily annoyed or irritated 33.6%
DEP Feeling low in energy or slowed down 26.2%
INT Your feelings being easily hurt 19.8%
SOM Pains in lower back 20.5%
ANX Nervousness or shakiness inside 18.0%
O-C Trouble remembering things 18.8%
ANX Feeling tense or keyed up 18.0%
INT Feeling critical of others 16.4%
Trouble falling asleep 17.4%
O-C Trouble concentrating 14.8%
Difficulty making decisions 18.9%
O-C Worried about sloppiness or carelessness 19.7%
SOM Soreness of your muscles 17.2%

The 15 most frequently endorsed SCL-90-R items that were rated at least at the moderately distressing level. For these 15 items, the percentage of subjects who rated their distress as moderate (2), quite a bit (3), or extreme (4)s presented as the percent distressed.