Adrian Ujin Yap, Chengge Liu, Kai Yuan Fu, Jie Lei
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Abstract
Background: A unified framework for assessing temporomandibular disorder (TMD) pain and dysfunction across multiple symptom dimensions is beneficial.
Objectives: The study explored the associations between TMD symptom subtypes and dimensions with emotional distress, jaw function and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). Additionally, it examined factors linked to high jaw functional limitation (JFL) and low OHRQoL.
Methods: Participants, recruited from a major university, completed a survey that included demographics, the four-dimensional five TMD symptoms (5Ts-4D) screener, depression, anxiety and stress scales-21 (DASS-21), JFL scale-8 (JFLS-8) and oral health impact profile for TMDs (OHIP-TMD). Data were analysed using Chi-square and nonparametric tests, along with logistic regression (α = 0.05).
Results: Among the 414 participants (mean age 22 years, 77.8% women), 23.4% reported no TMD symptoms (NT), while 15.7%, 22.2% and 38.6% experienced pain-related (PT), intra-articular (IT) and combined (CT) symptoms respectively. Notable differences in global TMD severity (CT>IT/PT>NT), global distress (CT>IT, NT), JFL (CT>PT, IT, NT) and global OHIP (CT>IT/PT/NT; IT>NT) scores were observed. Moderate correlations were found between global TMD severity and both JFL and global OHIP in the PT and CT groups (rs 0.41-0.64), and between global distress and these factors in the CT group (rs 0.59-0.61). High JFL was associated with symptom interference (OR 1.38) and anxiety (OR 1.20), while low OHRQoL was related to symptom duration (OR 1.26) and interference (OR 2.09).
Conclusions: Individuals with CT show elevated symptom severity, emotional distress, jaw function and OHRQoL impairments. Tailored interventions targeting TMD duration, interference and anxiety could improve outcomes.
期刊介绍:
Journal of Oral Rehabilitation aims to be the most prestigious journal of dental research within all aspects of oral rehabilitation and applied oral physiology. It covers all diagnostic and clinical management aspects necessary to re-establish a subjective and objective harmonious oral function.
Oral rehabilitation may become necessary as a result of developmental or acquired disturbances in the orofacial region, orofacial traumas, or a variety of dental and oral diseases (primarily dental caries and periodontal diseases) and orofacial pain conditions. As such, oral rehabilitation in the twenty-first century is a matter of skilful diagnosis and minimal, appropriate intervention, the nature of which is intimately linked to a profound knowledge of oral physiology, oral biology, and dental and oral pathology.
The scientific content of the journal therefore strives to reflect the best of evidence-based clinical dentistry. Modern clinical management should be based on solid scientific evidence gathered about diagnostic procedures and the properties and efficacy of the chosen intervention (e.g. material science, biological, toxicological, pharmacological or psychological aspects). The content of the journal also reflects documentation of the possible side-effects of rehabilitation, and includes prognostic perspectives of the treatment modalities chosen.