Chronic orofacial pain among Korean elders: prevalence, and impact using the graded chronic pain scale
| Autor: | Hyun Duck Kim, Young Ku Kim, Jin Woo Chung, Hong-Seop Kho, Jae Hong Kim, Sung Chang Chung |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Orofacial pain Oral health Facial Pain Toothache Odds Ratio Prevalence medicine Humans Aged Pain Measurement Aged 80 and over Analysis of Variance Korea business.industry Chronic pain Odds ratio Middle Aged medicine.disease Oral sores Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Neurology Joint pain Chronic Disease Multivariate Analysis Cohort Physical therapy Female Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Pain. 112:164-170 |
| ISSN: | 0304-3959 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.pain.2004.08.014 |
| Popis: | The aims of this study were to investigate the prevalence of orofacial pain symptoms in the Korean elderly population, and to evaluate factors associated with orofacial pain and graded chronic pain. Of 4,342 Korean elders from the cohort of Korean National Interview Survey of Oral Health Status in 2000, telephone interviews were conducted on a stratified random sample of 1,032 people aged 55 years or older. Prevalence of five orofacial pain symptoms (jaw joint pain, face pain, toothache, oral sores, and burning mouth) in the past 6 months along with questions from the graded chronic pain scale were assessed by telephone using a structured questionnaire. The results suggested that the 6-month prevalence of joint pain (15.5%), face pain (9.3%), toothache (26.8%), oral sores (26.2%), and burning mouth (14.2%) in Korean elders were higher than in studies on Caucasian populations. Painful oral sores and burning mouth had higher prevalence for females than for males. Subjects with joint pain, burning mouth or toothache pain were more likely to report high levels of a pain-related disability compared with subjects not reporting those symptoms. There were no age group differences in pain intensity, but the older age group reported a higher number of disability days because of their pain. Chronic orofacial pain is a substantial health problem in the elderly population. |
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