title: Prevalence of Various Orofacial Pain Symptoms and Their Overall Impact on Quality of Life in a Tertiary Care Hospital in India.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pain is a major public health problem and is the most commonly reported symptom of oral and dental disease that has a significant impact on both individual and community. The present study was prevalence of various orofacial pain symptoms and their overall impact on the quality of life in a tertiary care hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was carried out in the outpatient department of the Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bangalore. The severity of the chronic orofacial pain symptoms was assessed using the Chronic Pain Grade Questionnaire by Von Korff.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that toothache (57.6 %) was the most commonly reported symptom and burning mouth sensation (6.4 %) was the least commonly reported. Majority of the patients had grade 3 level of pain-related disability (34.8 %) followed by grade 2 (26.8 %), grade 1 (22.4 %) and grade 4 levels (16 %). The mean pain intensity was reported to be more among females and maximum among patients with facial pain.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study demonstrated that orofacial pain symptoms have a significant impact on the patients suffering from it. Therefore, proper measures should be taken for the management of the patients with these symptoms and associated conditions.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Dentistry, Pt. B.D. Sharma University, Rohtak, India ; Public Health Dentistry, Sudha Rustagi College of Dental Sciences and Research, Kheri More, Faridabad, Haryana India.
authors.forename: Sukhvinder Singh
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Oberoi
authors.affiliation: Public Health Dentistry, Oxford College of Dental Sciences and Research, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Hiremath
authors.affiliation: Public Health Dentistry, Government Dental College and Research Institute, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yashoda
authors.affiliation: Public Health Dentistry, Pt. B.D. Sharma University, Rohtak, India ; Public Health Dentistry, Sudha Rustagi College of Dental Sciences and Research, Kheri More, Faridabad, Haryana India.
authors.forename: Charumohan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marya
authors.affiliation: Public Health Dentistry, Pt. B.D. Sharma University, Rohtak, India ; Public Health Dentistry, Sudha Rustagi College of Dental Sciences and Research, Kheri More, Faridabad, Haryana India.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rekhi
keywords: Chronic Pain Grade Questionnaire; Orofacial pain symptom; Pain intensity; Pain-related disability