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Predictive factors of temporomandibular pain in Kentucky women
David Mannino III, MD,
Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Objective: This study investigates the predictive factors of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain in Kentucky women with a specific interest in violence exposure as a covariate. This study also investigates differences in predicting persistent and incident TMJ pain reporting. Methods: Data was collected by the Kentucky Women's Health Registry (2008 to 2010) from women 18 years or age or older (N= 3,196). The primary outcome was self-reported TMJ pain in the past three months. Covariates included age, race, general health status, education level, smoking status, and violence exposure. Logistic regressions were conducted to determine associations between reporting TMJ pain and the covariates. Results: TMJ pain in the three preceding months was reported by 9.6% of women in 2008 and 8.7% of women in 2010. Reporting poor general health was associated with higher risk of TMJ pain (odds ratio [OR] 3.37, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.37 8.30). Reporting TMJ pain decreased as age increased (OR 0.35, 95% CI 0.21-0.58, for women 60-69 relative to women 18-29). Violence exposure was also associated with an increased risk of reporting TMJ (OR 1.47, 95% CI 1.09 1.96). The strongest predictor of reporting TMJ pain in 2010 was reporting TMJ pain in 2008 (OR 36.97, 95% CI 26.99 -50.63). Conclusions: These findings support previous work that TMJ pain in women is related to poor general health, is persistent, and decreases with age. A new finding in this study is that women who have experienced violence exposure report more TMJ pain.
Learning Areas:
Epidemiology
Learning Objectives:
Explain predictive factors of self reported temporomandibular joint pain.
Identify the relationship between temporomandibular joint pain and history of violence exposure.
Differentiate predictive factors of incident and persistent temporomandibular joint pain.
Keyword(s): Epidemiology, Oral History
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I was the principal investigator on this study, which was the capstone project for completion of a Masters of Public Health from the University of Kentucky.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines,
and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed
in my presentation.
