Catastrophizing is associated with pain-related disability in temporomandibular disorders

Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the association of pain-related disability with biopsychosocial factors in temporomandibular disorders (TMD) patients. The study was carried out at the Orofacial Pain Outpatient Clinic of the State University of Feira de Santana, Bahia, from September 2018 to March 2020. The sociodemographic aspects, TMD subtypes, presence of pain-induced disability, pressure pain threshold, perceived stress, anxiety, depression, and catastrophizing were evaluated in 61 patients. The studied variables were compared between patients with and without pain-induced disability. Crude and adjusted logistic regression were performed to obtain estimates of odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals. With the exception of catastrophizing, there was no association between the biopsychosocial factors and pain-induced disability. The presence of catastrophizing increased the chance of having chronic pain-induced disability by 4.02 times. The results of this study indicate a strong association between pain catastrophizing and disability in individuals with chronic painful TMD.

Aproveitamento teórico-prático da disciplina anatomia humana do curso de fisioterapia / Students' theoretical-practical harnessing of the subject of human anatomy in physiotherapy courses

A Anatomia Humana estuda as estruturas do corpo humano e as relações entre elas. Assim, seu ensino a estudantes da área da saúde, incluindo alunos de Fisioterapia, é de extrema importância. É necessário um bom aproveitamento nesta disciplina para se tornar um bom profissional, porém as estratégias de ensino-aprendizagem nesta disciplina têm sido bastante discutidas. Com base nesta premissa, este estudo teve por objetivos avaliar o aproveitamento teórico-prático dos discentes do curso de Fisioterapia na disciplina Anatomia Humana, bem como descrever as facilidades e dificuldades enfrentadas e suas implicações durante o curso. Para tanto, foi elaborado um questionário específico e utilizada também a avaliação dos professores realizada pelo Colegiado de Fisioterapia. O tratamento estatístico foi composto por análise descritiva e correlação de Pearson, sendo os dados analisados pelos programas Microsoft Excel® 2007 e Graphpad Prism®. Não se observou correlação entre desempenho do aluno e grau de satisfação diante de diferentes parâmetros analisados neste trabalho. O estudo revelou que os alunos apresentam aproveitamento satisfatório, mas há grandes insatisfações quanto à forma como a disciplina é conduzida.

Human Anatomy is the study of the structures of the human body and the relationship between these structures. Its teaching to students in the healthcare field, including physiotherapy, is thus of utmost importance. A sound basis in the subject is necessary to becoming a sound professional, however strategies for the teaching of this subject and its learning have been the subject of much debate. Based on this prerogative, this study aimed to evaluate the subject's theoretical and practical use by physiotherapy students on the discipline's Human Anatomy course, as well as to describe the ease and difficulties experienced and their implications during the course. We therefore devised a questionnaire and used teacher assessment conducted by the College of Physiotherapy. Statistical analysis consisted of a descriptive analysis and Pearson correlation, and data was analyzed by Microsoft Excel ® 2007 and GraphPad Prism®. There was no correlation between student performance and satisfaction in terms of the different parameters analyzed in this work. The study revealed that students make satisfactory use of the subject, but that there is great dissatisfaction concerning the way the course is conducted.