General Health Quality of Life in Patients with Temporomandibular Disorders in a Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Brazil

• Published in: The International journal of prosthodontics Vol. 32; no. 3; p. 237
• Main Authors: Pigozzi, Lucas B, Progiante, Patrícia S, Pattussi, Marcos P, Pellizzer, Eduardo P, Grossi, Patrícia K, Grossi, Márcio L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2019
• ISSN: 1942-4426
• DOI: 10.11607/ijp.6072

To assess the impact of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) on general health quality of life in a Brazilian population-based cross-sectional survey. A total of 1,643 patients were assessed using the World Health Organization Quality of Life Bref (WHOQOL-Bref) and the Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders Axes I and II (RDC/TMD). Cross-tabulation of the data was carried out to compare TMD subjects to controls in all domains of the WHOQOL-Bref and the RDC/TMD. TMD subjects had significantly worse quality of life than controls in Axes I and II of the RDC/TMD and in all WHOQOL-Bref domains except for disc displacement. Osteoarthrosis was significantly different only in the WHOQOL-Bref physical domain. TMD subjects had worse general health quality of life, particularly in Axis I groups with higher pain/disability levels (muscle disorders/arthralgia/arthritis).