Influence of sociodemographic factors upon pain intensity in patients with temporomandibular joint disorders seen in the primary care setting
Objective: A study is made of the influence of gender, educational level, marital status, income, social support, and perceived general and oral health upon pain intensity in a sample of patients with temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJD) explored in primary care (AP). Design: A review was made o...
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pubmed-35056992012-12-03 Influence of sociodemographic factors upon pain intensity in patients with temporomandibular joint disorders seen in the primary care setting Blanco-Hungría, Antonio Rodríguez-Torronteras, Alejandro Blanco-Aguilera, Antonio Biedma-Velázquez, Lourdes Serrano-del-Rosal, Rafael Segura-Saint-Gerons, Rafael de la Torre-de la Torre, Javier Esparza-Díaz, Federico Research-Article Objective: A study is made of the influence of gender, educational level, marital status, income, social support, and perceived general and oral health upon pain intensity in a sample of patients with temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJD) explored in primary care (AP). Design: A review was made of 899 patients from Córdoba Healthcare District (Spain) referred to the primary care TMJD Unit by their primary care physician and/or dentist. Of these subjects, 151 failed to meet the inclusion criteria. The remaining 748 subjects were explored according to the corresponding research diagnostic criteria (RDC/TMJD). A bivariate analysis was made the association of pain intensity to the demographic and psychological characteristics of the patients, and to perceived general and oral health, followed by a multivariate linear regression analysis to explain pain intensity as a function of the rest of the variables. The SPSS version 19.0 statistical package was used. Results: The patient age ranged from 18-86 years, with a mean of 45.8 years (± 15.8), and a female predominance of 5:1. The characteristic pain intensity (CPI) score was almost 15 points higher on average in women than in men (p<0.05). A lower educational level, and separation or divorce, were correlated to an increased intensity of pain. Social support, depression and general and oral health also explained part of pain intensity. The regression model established with these variables accounted for 13.3% of the variability of pain (R2 = 0.133). Conclusions: Women suffer more intense pain than men. Perceived health partially explains the variability of the CPI score. However, it is empirically seen that the variables gender, educational level and marital status exert an important and independent influence upon pain intensity. Medicina Oral S.L. 2012-11 2012-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3505699/ /pubmed/22549669 http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/medoral.17576 Text en Copyright: © 2012 Medicina Oral S.L. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Blanco-Hungría, Antonio Rodríguez-Torronteras, Alejandro Blanco-Aguilera, Antonio Biedma-Velázquez, Lourdes Serrano-del-Rosal, Rafael Segura-Saint-Gerons, Rafael de la Torre-de la Torre, Javier Esparza-Díaz, Federico |
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Blanco-Hungría, Antonio Rodríguez-Torronteras, Alejandro Blanco-Aguilera, Antonio Biedma-Velázquez, Lourdes Serrano-del-Rosal, Rafael Segura-Saint-Gerons, Rafael de la Torre-de la Torre, Javier Esparza-Díaz, Federico Influence of sociodemographic factors upon pain intensity in patients with temporomandibular joint disorders seen in the primary care setting |
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Blanco-Hungría, Antonio Rodríguez-Torronteras, Alejandro Blanco-Aguilera, Antonio Biedma-Velázquez, Lourdes Serrano-del-Rosal, Rafael Segura-Saint-Gerons, Rafael de la Torre-de la Torre, Javier Esparza-Díaz, Federico |
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Influence of sociodemographic factors upon pain intensity in patients with temporomandibular joint disorders seen in the primary care setting |
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Influence of sociodemographic factors upon pain intensity in patients with temporomandibular joint disorders seen in the primary care setting |
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Influence of sociodemographic factors upon pain intensity in patients with temporomandibular joint disorders seen in the primary care setting |
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Influence of sociodemographic factors upon pain intensity in patients with temporomandibular joint disorders seen in the primary care setting |
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Influence of sociodemographic factors upon pain intensity in patients with temporomandibular joint disorders seen in the primary care setting |
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influence of sociodemographic factors upon pain intensity in patients with temporomandibular joint disorders seen in the primary care setting |
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Objective: A study is made of the influence of gender, educational level, marital status, income, social support, and perceived general and oral health upon pain intensity in a sample of patients with temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJD) explored in primary care (AP).
Design: A review was made of 899 patients from Córdoba Healthcare District (Spain) referred to the primary care TMJD Unit by their primary care physician and/or dentist. Of these subjects, 151 failed to meet the inclusion criteria. The remaining 748 subjects were explored according to the corresponding research diagnostic criteria (RDC/TMJD). A bivariate analysis was made the association of pain intensity to the demographic and psychological characteristics of the patients, and to perceived general and oral health, followed by a multivariate linear regression analysis to explain pain intensity as a function of the rest of the variables. The SPSS version 19.0 statistical package was used.
Results: The patient age ranged from 18-86 years, with a mean of 45.8 years (± 15.8), and a female predominance of 5:1. The characteristic pain intensity (CPI) score was almost 15 points higher on average in women than in men (p<0.05). A lower educational level, and separation or divorce, were correlated to an increased intensity of pain. Social support, depression and general and oral health also explained part of pain intensity. The regression model established with these variables accounted for 13.3% of the variability of pain (R2 = 0.133).
Conclusions: Women suffer more intense pain than men. Perceived health partially explains the variability of the CPI score. However, it is empirically seen that the variables gender, educational level and marital status exert an important and independent influence upon pain intensity.
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