title: Application of an oral health-related quality of life questionnaire in primary care patients with orofacial pain and temporomandibular disorders.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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.
  
  
  METHODS
  407 patients treated at the OP and TMD units in the Healthcare District of Cordoba, Spain, diagnosed 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 degree of association between the patients' OHIP-14 score and pain duration, pain intensity, and various sociodemographic 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 suffered by patients for one year or more, increases the OHIP-14 indicator by 3.2 points.
authors.affiliation: Centro Salud Aeropuerto, Avda. del Aeropuerto s/n, 14004 Córdoba, Spain, antoniom.blanco.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blanco-Aguilera
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blanco-Hungría
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Biedma-Velázquez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Serrano-Del-Rosal
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: González-López
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Blanco-Aguilera
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Segura-Saint-Gerons
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009909:Oral Health; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D055815:Young Adult