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- Title
Quality of life in temporomandibular disorder patients with localized and widespread pain.
- Authors
Soares Gui, Maísa; Jardim Pimentel, Marcele; da Silva Gama, Marta Cristina; Bovi Ambrosano, Glaucia Maria; Rizzatti Barbosa, Célia Marisa
- Abstract
Aim: To compare temporomandibular (TMD) subgroups classified according to the presence of localized pain (LP) or widespread pain (WP) in order to assess the quality of life domains and verify which components affect most the functional capacity of facial pain patients. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted and the Short Form-36 Health Survey was applied in order to assess quality of life. Thirty-nine TMD/WP patients, 37 TMD/LP patients and 40 subjects free of TMD complaints were evaluated. Results: TMD/WP patients differed significantly from healthy controls in all SF-36 components and TMD/LP patients ranked between them. It was also observed that patients with bodily pain and TMD with WP are respectively, 4.16 and 49.42 times more likely to have low functional capacity. Conclusions: Functional capacity in TMD subgroups was only affected by the presence of bodily pain and WP. These patients feature high chance of low functional capacity. Furthermore, TMD patients with localized and widespread pain share role-emotional impairments.
- Subjects
TEMPOROMANDIBULAR disorders; QUALITY of life; COMPARATIVE studies; CROSS-sectional method; FACIAL pain; HEALTH surveys
- Publication
Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences, 2014, Vol 13, Issue 3, p193
- ISSN
1677-3217
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1677-3225v13n3a06