title: Identifying potential predictors of pain-related disability in Turkish patients with chronic temporomandibular disorder pain.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aims of this study were to examine whether patients' psychosocial profiles influence the location of pain, and to identify the clinical and psychosocial predictors of high levels of pain-related disability in temporomandibular disorders (TMD) patients with chronic pain at least 6 months in duration.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Research Diagnostic Criteria of TMD (RDC/TMD) data for Axis I and II were obtained for 104 consecutive patients seeking treatment.Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, Mann-Whitney U-test, chi-square test, One-way ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis test, and binary multiple logistic regression tests. Patients were classified into two groups according to Graded Chronic Pain Scale scores: Grade III and IV were scored for patients with high levels of pain-related disability, whereas Grade I and II were scored for patients with low disability.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Muscle and joint pain were found in 64.9% and 31.8% of the patients, respectively, and 27.3% of the patients suffered from both muscle and joint pain.Psychosocial disability was found in 26% of patients. There were no statistically significant differences among the diagnostic subgroups with regards to the demographic, behavioral, psychological, and psychosocial characteristics. Patients with high levels of pain-related disability had significantly higher depression, somatization, pain intensity and jaw disability scores than those with low levels of pain-related disability.Patients with high levels of pain-related disability were more likely to have higher pain intensity, to report higher somatization symptoms and functional impairment, and were less likely to have joint pain than those with low levels of pain related disability.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In conclusion, the Turkish version RDC/TMD, based on a dual axis system, may be used to screen chronic TMD patients at high-risk for pain-related disability who need comprehensive care treatment program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Capa, 34093, Turkey. meltemozd@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Meltem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozdemir-Karatas
authors.forename: Kadriye
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Peker
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balık
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Uysal
authors.forename: Erman B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Tuncer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D014421:Turkey
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