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- Title
Tinnitus in Temporomandibular Disorders: Axis I and Axis II Findings According to the Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders.
- Authors
Mijiritsky, Eitan; Winocur, Ephraim; Emodi-Perlman, Alona; Friedman-Rubin, Pessia; Dahar, Ehab; Reiter, Shoshana
- Abstract
Aims: To examine the associations of self-reported presence of tinnitus with subtypes of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) as assessed by Axis I of the Diagnostic Criteria for TMD (DC/TMD) and with psychologic characteristics as assessed by Axis II. Methods: This retrospective controlled study included 108 consecutive TMD patients referred to the Tel Aviv University Orofacial Pain Clinic. Each patient received full Axis I and Axis II diagnoses according to the DC/TMD. The patients were asked about currently experiencing tinnitus. Pearson chisquare test and Fisher exact test were used to test the associations between categorical variables. Mann-Whitney test was used to assess differences in continuous variables between categories. A P value < .05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Thirty-three (30.6%) TMD patients reported experiencing tinnitus. There was a significantly higher prevalence of myofascial pain with referral (P = .008) and nonspecific physical symptoms (P = .014) among the TMD patients who reported tinnitus. In addition, those patients reported significantly longer pain duration compared to TMD patients without tinnitus (P = .039). Conclusion: This study emphasizes the necessity of assessing both Axes I and II according to the DC/TMD in future studies and supports creating a standardized tinnitus screener tailored to TMD patients for future studies on tinnitus in TMD patients.
- Subjects
TINNITUS; EAR examination; ACADEMIC medical centers; SELF-evaluation; RETROSPECTIVE studies; PAIN clinics; FISHER exact test; MANN Whitney U Test; MYOFASCIAL pain syndromes; DIAGNOSIS; CHI-squared test; DISEASE prevalence; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR disorders; STATISTICAL correlation
- Publication
Journal of Oral & Facial Pain & Headache, 2020, Vol 34, Issue 3, p265
- ISSN
2333-0384
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11607/ofph.2611