tailieunhanh - báo cáo hóa học:" TMD pain: the effect on health related quality of life and the influence of pain duration"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học đề tài : TMD pain: the effect on health related quality of life and the influence of pain duration | Tjakkes et al. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2010 8 46 http content 8 1 46 I HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES RESEARCH Open Access TMD pain the effect on health related quality of life and the influence of pain duration Geerten-Has ETjakkes 1 Jan-Jaap Reinders2 3 Elisabeth MTenvergert4 and Boudewijn Stegenga1 Abstract Objectives As impact of literature concerning this subject is scarce the objectives of this study were to assess whether the Health Related Quality of Life HRQoL is decreased in patients with painful temporomandibular disorders as compared to the HRQoL in the general population and to evaluate to what extent pain duration affects HRQoL. Methods Data concerning physical and mental health were retrieved from patients with painful temporomandibular disorders. Assessment tools used were the Mandibular Function Impairment Questionnaire MFIQ the Short-Form-36 SF-36 the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Schedule HADS and the General Health Questionnaire GHQ . In order to examine the influence of the duration of pain on HRQoL the total sample was divided into three different subgroups. Subgroup 1 consisted of patients with complaints existing less than one year. Patients with complaints from 1 to 3 years were allocated to the second group. The 3rd subgroup included patients with complaints longer than 3 years. Results The total sample consisted of 95 patients 90 females and 5 males . On most physical and social functioning items groups 2 and 3 scored significantly worse than the general population. On the other hand none of the groups differed from the general population when comparing the mental items. Duration of pain was significantly correlated with SF-36 subscale physical functioning and the mandibular impairment. Conclusion Patients with TMD pain less than one year score better than compared to the population norm. With a longer duration of pain mental health scores and role limitations due to emotional problems do not appear to be .