We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
General Health Quality of Life in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders in a Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Brazil.
- Authors
Pigozzi, Lucas B.; Progiante, Patrícia S.; Pattussi, Marcos P.; Pellizzer, Eduardo P.; Grossi, Patrícia K.; Grossi, Márcio L.
- Abstract
<bold>Purpose: </bold>To assess the impact of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) on general health quality of life in a Brazilian population-based cross-sectional survey.<bold>Materials and Methods: </bold>A total of 1,643 patients were assessed using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Bref (WHOQOL-Bref) and the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders Axes I and II (RDC/TMD). Cross-tabulation of the data was carried out to compare TMD subjects to controls in all domains of the WHOQOL-Bref and the RDC/TMD.<bold>Results: </bold>TMD subjects had significantly worse quality of life than controls in Axes I and II of the RDC/TMD and in all WHOQOL-Bref domains except for disc displacement. Osteoarthrosis was significantly different only in the WHOQOL-Bref physical domain.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>TMD subjects had worse general health quality of life, particularly in Axis I groups with higher pain/disability levels (muscle disorders/arthralgia/arthritis).
- Subjects
BRAZIL; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR disorders; QUALITY of life; PUBLIC health; PATIENTS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; WORLD Health Organization
- Publication
International Journal of Prosthodontics, 2019, Vol 32, Issue 3, p237
- ISSN
0893-2174
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.11607/ijp.6072