ABSTRACT
Investigating the collective impact of psychometric properties and sleep quality on pain sensitivity in temporomandibular disorder (TMD) patients could improve clinical management strategies. OBJECTIVE: Assessing whether combined psychometric properties and sleep quality impact painful mechanical sensitivity and pain modulation in TMD patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study using secondary data analysis of 77 TMD patients and 101 controls. All participants completed questionnaires characterizing their psychometric profile (anxiety, depression, stress and catastrophizing) and sleep quality, alongside psychophysical tests for painful mechanical sensory (mechanical pain threshold (MPT), pressure pain threshold (PPT), and wind-up ratio (WUR)) and conditioned pain modulation (CPM). Participants were grouped into "High distress" or "Low distress" categories based on psychometric properties and sleep quality using hierarchical cluster and k-means analyses. Multiple linear regression evaluated the influence of TMD, age, and the distress cluster on MPT, WUR, PPT, and CPM in masseter and thenar muscles. Differences were statistically significant when p < 0.05. RESULTS: The presence of TMD was the strongest predictor of mechanical painful sensitivity in the trigeminal region (MPT[F(3,174) = 51.902;p < .001;R2 = .463]; TMD presence (ß = -.682) / PPT[F(3,174) = 15.573;p < .001;R2 = .198] TMD presence (ß = -.452), and extra-trigeminal (MPT[F(3,174) = 35.897;p < .001;R2 = .382] TMD (ß = -.647) / CPM [F(3,174) = 4.106;p < .05;R2 = .050] TMD presence (ß = .197). Furthermore, neither the high distress group nor the low distress group were able to significantly influence the variation of the values of any of the psychophysical variables evaluated (p > .05). CONCLUSIONS: There is not a significant influence of impairment clusters based on psychological variables and sleep quality on painful mechanical sensitivity and pain modulation, regardless of the presence of TMD. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: This outcome suggests that psychosocial factors and sleep quality may not play a decisive role in the sensory-discriminative aspect of pain, particularly concerning painful TMD.
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Pain Measurement , Pain Threshold , Psychometrics , Sleep Quality , Temporomandibular Joint Disorders , Humans , Female , Male , Cross-Sectional Studies , Pain Threshold/physiology , Adult , Temporomandibular Joint Disorders/physiopathology , Temporomandibular Joint Disorders/psychology , Surveys and Questionnaires , Middle Aged , Facial Pain/physiopathology , Facial Pain/psychologyABSTRACT
Casos de bruxismo e disfunção temporomandibular (DTM) têm se tornado cada vez mais frequentes na prática clínica. Reconhecer seus mecanismos é necessário para o sucesso do controle e tratamento. O objetivo deste estudo piloto foi investigar o conhecimento e a percepção sobre DTM e bruxismo dos estudantesde Odontologia da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM). Para isso um questionário com 15 questões foi aplicado a20 estudantes dessa instituição, sendo 10 do 7º e 10 do 10º semestre. Todos os estudantes avaliados relataram ouvir sobre DTM durante a graduação, mas 70% consideraram que possuíam pouca ou nenhuma base de conhecimento sobre o assunto. Noventa por cento dos estudantes relatou não conhecer a ferramenta utilizada em pesquisas para diagnóstico das DTM. Não houve diferença estatística entre os grupos avaliados e a média geral de acertos foi de 54%. Os dados evidenciam o pouco conhecimento sobre os assuntos abordados e a fragilidade do ensino destas alterações, especialmente pela não evolução do conhecimento sobre DTM e bruxismo ao longo do curso avaliado, pois o grupo de estudantes do 10º semestre apresentou resultados inferiores quando comparados ao do 7º semestre, que passaram recentemente pela Clínica de Oclusão, na qual os temas são abordados (AU).
Bruxism and temporomandibular disorders (TMD) have become increasingly frequent in clinical practice. Recognizing its mechanisms is necessary for successful management and treatment. The aim of this pilot study was to investigate the knowledge and perception about TMD and bruxism of dental undergraduate students from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). A questionnaire with 15 questions was applied to 20 students from this institution, 10 from the 7th and 10 from the 10th semester. All evaluated students reported hearing about TMD during the Dentistry course, but 70% considered that they had little or no knowledge on the subject. Ninety percent of students reported not knowing the instrument used in research to diagnose TMD. There was no statisticaldifference between the evaluated groups, and the overall average of correct answers was 54%. Data show little knowledge about the subjects and fragility regarding the teaching-learning process of these topics. Moreover, the non-evolution of knowledge about TMD and bruxism throughout the evaluated course is evident, as the group of students in the 10th semester showed poorer results when compared to the 7th semester, which have recently finished the discipline in which these themes are addressed (AU).
