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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 5.

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

Dimension Item % distressed
HOS Feeling easily annoyed or irritated 23.7%
DEP Worrying too much about things 20.9%
O-C Worried about sloppiness or carelessness 20.9%
DEP Feeling low in energy or slowed down 18.1%
O-C Feeling blocked in getting things done 20.9%
SOM Headaches 15.3%
ANX Feeling tense or keyed up 22.5%
O-C Having to check and double-check what you do 18.3%
INT Feeling critical of others 13.9%
O-C Trouble concentrating 28.3%
O-C Having to do things very slowly to insure correctness 15.5%
O-C Trouble remembering things 13.9%
O-C Repeated unpleasant thoughts that won't leave your mind 16.6%
SOM Pains in lower back 18.1%
Feeling that people will take advantage of you if you let them 14.1%

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) is presented as the percent distressed.