Temporomandibular disorder is more prevalent among patients with primary headaches in a tertiary outpatient clinic

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

James Felipe Tomaz-morais¹  Luciana Barbosa De Sousa Lucena¹  Isabella Araújo Mota¹  Ana Karine Farias Da Trindade Coelho Pereira¹  Brunna Thaís Luckwu De Lucena¹  Ricardo Dias De Castro¹  Giorvan Ânderson Dos Santos Alves¹ 

关键词: cross-sectional studies;    migraine disorders;    temporomandibular joint disorders;    outpatient clinics;    estudo transversal;    migrânea;    desordens da articulação temporomandibular;    ambulatório clínico;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0004-282X20150145

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Objective The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) in patients with primary headaches attended in a tertiary neurology ambulatory.Method Authorized by the Ethics Committee, the present cross-sectional study was conducted with a random sample of patients screened for orofacial pain and primary headaches at a tertiary hospital in Northeast of Brazil.Results The sample consisted in 42 patients with primary headache, 59.5% male. The prevalence of > 6 TMD signs and symptoms was 54.8%. In those patients with migraine TMD was present in 71.4% and in tension-type headache in 38.1% (p = 0.030; OR = 4.1). TMD was related to the clinical status of headache associated or attributed to medication overuse (p = 0.001).Conclusion TMD has a high prevalence in patients with primary headaches (54.8%). Special attention must be given to patients with migraine and headache associated or attributed to medication overuse.

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