Pain impact on life of patients with temporomandibular disorder
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https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-77572003000200010Keywords:
Pain, Llife quality, McGill Pain Questionnarie, temporomandibular disorderAbstract
A study on the impact of pain in patients with temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) was carried out. Twenty two patients (20 women, two men, 28 years of age on average) with TMD who looked for specialized physiotherapy care were submitted to a brazilian version of McGill Pain Questionnaire (Br-MPQ), which includes questions about life quality, as follows: 1) social loss; 2) daily life activities; 3) third partys perception; 4) pain tolerance; 5) sensation of being sick; 6) sensation of being useless; 7) life satisfaction. The results showed that pain related to the TMD significantly affected work activities (59.09%), school activities (59.09%), sleeping (68.18%) and appetite/feeding (63.64%). The authors conclude that pain from TMD has a negative impact on the patients life quality and that, although unspecific, the questionnaire used allowed for an adequate evaluation of the impact.Downloads
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2003-06-01
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Pain impact on life of patients with temporomandibular disorder . (2003). Journal of Applied Oral Science, 11(2), 138-143. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-77572003000200010