Psychologic Impact of Chronic Orofacial Pain: A Critical Review

CONCLUSION: Clinically significant anxiety and depression were commonly observed in patients with COFP, were present at higher rates than in pain-free participants in controlled studies, and were closely linked to pain severity. More research is needed to evaluate the psychologic impact of multiple COFP conditions in an individual and the prevalence of precondition psychologic morbidity.PMID:35943323 | DOI:10.11607/ofph.3010
Source: Journal of Orofacial Pain - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Source Type: research