Application of an oral health-related quality of life questionnaire in primary care patients with orofacial pain and temporomandibular disorders

• Autores: Antonio Blanco Aguilera, Antonio Blanco Hungría, Lourdes Biedma Velázquez, Rafael Serrano del Rosal, Laura González López, Elena Blanco Aguilera, Rafael Segura aaint-Gerons
• Localización: Medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal. Ed. inglesa, ISSN-e 1698-6946, Vol. 19, Nº. 2, 2014, págs. 127-135
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Objectives: To examine whether patients who report orofacial pain (OP) and temporomandibular disorders (TMD) have a poorer perception of their oral health-related quality of life and, if so, to what extent, and to analyze the association between oral health perception, sociodemographic variables and reported pain duration.

    Study Design: 407 patients treated at the OP and TMD units in the Healthcare District of Cordoba, Spain, diag - nosed following the standard criteria accepted by the scientific community - the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (RDC/TMD) - were administered the Spanish version of the Oral Health Impact Profile questionnaire (OHIP-14). Bivariate and logistic regression analyses were performed to determine the de - gree of association between the patients` OHIP-14 score and pain duration, pain intensity, and various sociode - mographic variables.

    Results: The observed distribution was 89.4% women and 10.6% men. The mean OHIP-14 score was 20.57 ± 10.73 (mean ± standard deviation). A significant association (p<0.05) was found for gender, age, marital status, chronic pain grade, self-perceived oral health status and pain duration.

    Conclusions: The analysis of self-perceived oral health status in patients with OP and TMD, as measured by the OHIP-14, showed that oral health is perceived more negatively by women. Moreover, a one-point increase in the Chronic Pain Grade indicator increases the OHIP-14 indicator by 4.6 points, while chronic pain, defined as pain suf - fered by patients for one year or more, increases the OHIP-14 indicator by 3.2 points.