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KMID : 0355220090340040397
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Journal of Korean Academy Oral Medicine
2009 Volume.34 No. 4 p.397 ~ p.407
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Psychosocial Impact of Chronic Orofacial Pain
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Yang Dong-Hyo
Kim Mee-Eun
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Abstract
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The aim of the study was to evaluate psychosocial impact of non-dental chronic orofacial pain (OFP) on daily living using the graded chronic pain (GCP) scale. It is also investigated the clinical profile such as demographics, event related to initiation of OFP and prior treatments for patients.
During previous 6 months since September 2008, 572 patients (M:F=1:1.5, mean age=34.7 years) with non-dental OFP attended university-based specialist orofacial pain clinic (Dankook University Dental Hospital, Cheonan) to seek care although 63% of them already experienced related treatment for their OFP problem. They visited the most frequently general dental practitioner and orthopedic doctors due to their pain problem and medication was the most commonly employed modality. Most of the patients (89.2%) had TMD and the most common related event to initiation of their pain was trauma, followed by dental treatment. Almost half of the patients (46%) suffered from chronic pain(≥6 M) and 40% of them exhibited relatively high disability due to chronic OFP.
GCP pain intensity and disability days were significantly different for age and diagnosis (p＜0.05) but not for gender and duration. GCP grades were affected by all the factors including gender, age, pain duration and diagnosis.(p=0.000) Female gender, elders, and long lasting pain were closely related to high disability. The patients with neuropathic Pain and mixed OFP rather than TMD were graded as being highly disabled.
Conclusively, a considerable percentage of chronic OFP patients reports high pain-related disability in their daily, social and work activity, which suggest a need for psychosocial support and importance of earlier referral for appropriate diagnosis and tailored management.
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KEYWORD
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Chronic, Orofacial pain(OFP), Graded Chronic Pain (GCP) scale, Disability, Psychosocial
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