title: Satisfaction with Life in Orofacial Pain Disorders: Associations and Theoretical Implications.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test if patients with masticatory myofascial pain, local myalgia, centrally mediated myalgia, disc displacement, capsulitis/synovitis, or continuous neuropathic pain differed in self-reported satisfaction with life. The study also tested if satisfaction with life was similarly predicted by measures of physical, emotional, and social functioning across disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  Satisfaction with life, fatigue, affective distress, social support, and pain data were extracted from the medical records of 343 patients seeking treatment for chronic orofacial pain. Patients were grouped by primary diagnosis assigned following their initial appointment. Satisfaction with life was compared between disorders, with and without pain intensity entered as a covariate. Disorder-specific linear regression models using physical, emotional, and social predictors of satisfaction with life were computed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients with centrally mediated myalgia reported significantly lower satisfaction with life than did patients with any of the other five disorders. Inclusion of pain intensity as a covariate weakened but did not eliminate the effect. Satisfaction with life was predicted by measures of physical, emotional, and social functioning, but these associations were not consistent across disorders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggest that reduced satisfaction with life in patients with centrally mediated myalgia is not due only to pain intensity. There may be other factors that predispose people to both reduced satisfaction with life and centrally mediated myalgia. Furthermore, the results suggest that satisfaction with life is differentially influenced by physical, emotional, and social functioning in different orofacial pain disorders.
authors.forename: Ian A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Boggero
authors.forename: Marcia V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Rojas-Ramirez
authors.forename: Reny
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Leeuw
authors.forename: Charles R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Carlson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002062:Bursitis / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D005221:Fatigue / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007508:Irritable Mood; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D063806:Myalgia / Q000523:psychology; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000523:psychology; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life; D057566:Self Report; D012944:Social Support; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D013585:Synovitis / Q000523:psychology; D019224:Temporomandibular Joint Disc / Q000473:pathology; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000523:psychology