tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học:" The impact of burning mouth syndrome on health-related quality of life"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: The impact of burning mouth syndrome on health-related quality of life | Souza et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2011 9 57 http content 9 1 57 HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES RESEARCH Open Access The impact of burning mouth syndrome on health-related quality of life Fabricio TA Souza1 Tálita PM Santos1 Vanessa F Bernardes1 Antônio L Teixeira2 Arthur M Kummer3 Tarcília A Silva1 and Mauro HNG Abreu4 Abstract Background Burning mouth syndrome is a chronic disorder that is characterized by a burning sensation and a normal clinical appearance of the oral mucosa. This condition often affects the health-related quality of life in patients. As such the aim of this study was to compare the health-related quality of life of patients with BMS and healthy controls using the validated Portuguese versions of the SF-36 and OHIP-49 questionnaires. Methods A calculated sample of Brazilian patients with BMS n 26 was compared with a control group n 27 paired for gender and age. Sociodemographic information and clinical characteristics were obtained and interviews were conducted using the SF-36 and OHIP-49. To evaluate the normality of the variables we used the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. The chi-square test Fisher exact test and Mann-Whitney U-Test were used to compare sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of individuals with BMS and controls Mann-Whitney U-test were carried out to compare SF-36 and OHIP-49 between BMS patients and controls. The significance level was set at . To compare the dimensions of the SF-36 and OHIP-49 between BMS patients and controls we considered Bonferroni correction. So for comparison of the dimensions the significance level was set at for SF-36 and at for OHIP-49. Results The clinical and demographic data were similar in both groups P . SF-36 scores were significantly lower in all domains for patients with BMS P . OHIP-49 scores were higher for individuals with BMS P . Conclusions BMS has a negative impact on the health-related quality of life of .