2014
DOI: 10.1590/1677-3225v13n3a06
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Quality of life in temporomandibular disorder patients with localized and widespread pain

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: TM… Show more

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“…Based on Table 3 results, the mean age of all participants in the included studies ranged from 20.93 to 50.93, confirming that the data from all included articles were from young and middle-aged adult patients from both genders [ 19 , 33 ]. It was possible to observe that all selected studies indicated worse quality of life in TMD patients.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 69%
“…Based on Table 3 results, the mean age of all participants in the included studies ranged from 20.93 to 50.93, confirming that the data from all included articles were from young and middle-aged adult patients from both genders [ 19 , 33 ]. It was possible to observe that all selected studies indicated worse quality of life in TMD patients.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 69%
“…disease. Stress, psychosocial factors, depression and anxiety are common in these individuals and also lead to an impact in the individual social function, regardless their age group [6][7][10][11][12] .…”
Section: Conclusãomentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is quite relevant when assessing the adolescent population, who are often exposed to possible risk factors of TMD development. However, due to the lack of proper education or information and prevention policies they do not often understand the risks of developing future problems with great loss of life quality 7 .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Appropriate care of adolescents with chronic pain requires a great deal of time, energy and affection from their parents [31]. However, due to the lack of proper education or information and prevention policies, these parents often do not understand the risks of future problems developing, with great loss of quality of life [32]. Therefore, this cross-sectional study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of TMD and associated factors in adolescents in the age-range of 10–17 years, according to RDC/TMD, with the purpose of contributing to the understanding of TMD among adolescents and to the future development of preventive and therapeutic measures based on scientific evidence.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%