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. 2024 Aug 23:83:441-445.
doi: 10.2340/aos.v83.41113.

Impact of temporomandibular disorder symptoms among 15-year-old girls

Christina Mejersjö  1 , Eva-Karin Bergström  2 , Curt Hagquist  3 , Anders Wänman  4
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Impact of temporomandibular disorder symptoms among 15-year-old girls

Christina Mejersjö et al. Acta Odontol Scand. .

Abstract

Objective: Many adolescents, especially girls, report temporomandibular disorder (TMD) symptoms that may impact their daily life.

Methods: At 19 different schools participating in the preventive program with dental nurses of FRAMM (Fluoride, Advise, Arena, Motivation, Food), at the Västra Götaland Region in Sweden, 15-year-old girls were invited to a cohort study about symptoms of TMD that also included headaches. Three hundred twenty-nine girls attended the study and answered a questionnaire regarding TMD symptoms and their consequences such as sick leave from school and consumption of analgesics. The girls were asked about the symptom's influence on their daily life, about their general health, use of regular medication, physical activity, and they answered the PHQ4 regarding experienced symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Results: There was a significant correlation between TMD symptoms and sick leave with 31% of the girls having stayed home due to symptoms. Of the girls who answered affirmative in the screening questions (3QTMD), nearly half the group had stayed at home due to their symptoms, 24% had consulted a physician, 42% had used analgesics weekly and 59% reported that they felt the symptoms negatively affected their school performance. The girls who had regular medication had more TMD symptoms. Anxiety and depression were associated with TMD symptoms.

Conclusion: The study showed that TMD symptoms had a negative impact on the 15-year-old girls' daily life resulting in sick leave from school, consumption of analgesics, and experiences of negative impacts on their behavior and performance at school.

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The authors report that there are no competing interests to declare.

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