Temporomandibular dysfunction has been frequent in the population, so chronic pain is directly related to the state of the quality of life; so it is necessary to understand the interference in the quality of life of individuals with the dysfunction. The objective of this study was to review the literature about quality of life of patients with temporomandibular dysfunction, emphasizing the different indexes to evaluate the quality of life. The databases for searching the literature were Pubmed, Bireme, Lilacs, Scielo. The keywords used in the literature search were epidemiology, temporomandibular joint disorders, quality of life, present in Health Desc. The literature reviewed was selected based on abstracts. The inclusion criteria were epidemiological and clinical studies; systematic review and meta-analysis; literature in portuguese and english; studies evaluating the TMD and quality of life indexes; while the exclusion criteria were literature review, clinical case, letter to the editor; literature addressing TMD and quality of life in children; studies that did not address the variables under study. The temporomandibular dysfunction according to the reviewed literature has an impact on the quality of life of the individual with dysfunction, several are the questionnaires to measure how much the TMD interferes in the daily activities of the patients, nevertheless the association of instruments is favorable to evaluate different categories as to quality of life of patients with dysfunction.
A disfunção temporomandibular tem apresentando-se frequente na população, assim dor crônica está diretamente relacionada com o estado da qualidade de vida do indivíduo; por isso se faz necessário compreender a interferência na qualidade de vida de indivíduos acometidos pela disfunção. Objetivou-se revisar a literatura sobre disfunção temporomandibular e a qualidade de vida dos portadores da mesma, enfatizando os diversos índices para avaliar a qualidade de vida. As bases de dados para busca da literatura foram Pubmed, Bireme, Lilacs, Scielo. As palavras-chaves usadas na busca da literatura foram Epidemiologia, Transtornos da Articulação Temporomandibular, Qualidade de Vida, presentes no Desc Saúde. A literatura selecionada para esta revisão foi selecionada com base nos resumos e abstracts. Os critérios de inclusão da literatura nesta seleção foram Estudos Epidemiológicos e Clínicos; Revisão Sistemática e Metanálise; Literatura em Português e Inglês; Estudos que avaliem a DTM e Índices de Qualidade de Vida; enquanto que os critérios de exclusão foram Revisão de Literatura, Caso Clínico, Carta ao Editor; Literatura que abordasse a DTM e Qualidade de Vida em Crianças; Estudos que não abordassem as variáveis em estudo. A disfunção temporomandibular conforme a literatura revisada apresenta impacto na qualidade de vida do indivíduo portador da disfunção, diversos são os questionários para mensurar o quanto a DTM interfere nas atividades diárias dos pacientes, no entanto a associação de instrumentos é favorável para avaliar diferentes categorias quanto a qualidade de vida dos pacientes com disfunção.
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