Journal of Pain Research (Feb 2024)
Sociodemographic Profile: A Forgotten Factor in Temporomandibular Disorders? A Scoping Review
Abstract
Ivo Henrique Alexandrino Carapinha,1 Giancarlo De la Torre Canales,1– 3 Rodrigo Lorenzi Poluha,4 Mariana Barbosa Câmara-Souza,3 Nikolaos Christidis,2 Malin Ernberg,2 Andre Mariz de Almeida,1 Ana Cristina Garcia de Matos Manso1 1Egas Moniz Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CiiEM); Egas Moniz School of Health & Science, Almada, Portugal; 2Division of Oral Diagnostics and Rehabilitation, Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden; 3Department of Dentistry, Ingá University Center, Uningá, Paraná, Brazil; 4Department of Dentistry, State University of Maringá, Paraná, BrazilCorrespondence: Giancarlo De la Torre Canales, Tel +351 913025948, Email [email protected]: The literature on Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) incidence commonly reports sociodemographic factors such as gender and age. However, the role and prevalence of other sociodemographic factors in TMD are not well defined. Therefore, this scoping review aimed to report the prevalence of sociodemographic factors in TMD patients. A systematic search was conducted in the PubMed and Web of Science databases to identify clinical trials in adult populations, using the Research Diagnostic Criteria for TMD (RDC/TMD) or the Diagnostic Criteria for TMD (DC/TMD) and reporting sociodemographic data in TMD patients. Twenty-seven studies meeting the criteria were included in this review. The most commonly reported sociodemographic factors assessed in the included studies were age, race, education, job, income, and marital status. TMD prevalence was observed to be higher among younger and divorced individuals among the included studies. However, conflicting results were found for education level, and employment was not considered a risk factor for TMD. Although this review has methodological limitations, it suggests an association between TMD incidence and certain sociodemographic factors; nevertheless, further studies are needed to establish this relationship more conclusively.Keywords: temporomandibular joint disorders, sociodemographic factors, orofacial pain
