Psychosocial interventions for the management of chronic orofacial pain
Abstract
Background Psychosocial factors have a role in the onset of chronic orofacial pain. However, current management involves invasive therapies like occlusal adjustments and splints which lack an evidence base. Objectives To determine the efficacy of non-pharmacologic psychosocial interventions for chronic orofacial pain. Search methods The following electronic databases were searched: the Cochrane Oral Health Group Trials Register (to 25 October 2010), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (The Cochrane Library 2010, Issue 4), MEDLINE via OVID (1950 to 25 October 2010), EMBASE via OVID (1980 to 25 October 2010) and PsycINFO via OVID (1950 to 25 October 2010). There were no restrictions regarding language or date of publication. Selection criteria Randomised controlled trials which included non-pharmacological psychosocial interventions for adults with chronic orofacial pain compared with any other form of treatment (e.g. usual care like intraoral splints, pharmacological treatment and/or physiotherapy). Data collection and analysis Data were independently extracted in duplicate. Trial authors were contacted for details of randomisation and loss to follow-up, and also to provide means and standard deviations for outcome measures where these were not available. Risk of bias was assessed and disagreements between review authors were discussed and another review author involved where necessary. Main results Seventeen trials were eligible for inclusion into the…
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Biofeedback has been used as an adjunctive treatment in a number of pain settings with good effect, such as with orofacial pain, headache in children, phantom limb pain, and musculoskeletal pain.
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- Authors
- Aggarwal, V. R., Lovell, K., Peters, S., Javidi, H., Joughin, A., & Goldthorpe, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Venue
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- Published
- 2011-11-09
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- CD008456-CD008456
- ISSN
- 1361-6137 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2098249340
- Cited by
- 126
- References
- 3
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- Type
- reference entry
- Language
- en
- Status
- Retracted
- Update notices
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion)
- Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (2008 IPF JOUGHIN, CS/08/08/02, IAT08/I-PF/002, IPF 11-03)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Complementary and Manual Therapy › Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Health Sciences › Dentistry › Oral Surgery › Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques
- Keywords
- chronic orofacial pain, psychosocial interventions, temporomandibular disorders, cognitive behavioral therapy, biofeedback, pain intensity, depression, activity interference, non-pharmacological treatment, occlusal splint, risk of bias, treatment efficacy comparison
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Biofeedback, Psychology, Facial Pain, Humans, Temporomandibular Joint Disorders, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Chronic Pain
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