Open AccessUse of the universal pain assessment tool for evaluating pain associated with TMD in youngsters with an intellectual disability
Author(s) -
Giorgi Dugashvili,
L. Van Den Berghe,
G Menabde,
Marina Janelidze,
Luc Marks
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1698-6946
pISSN - 1698-4447
DOI - 10.4317/medoral.21584
Subject(s) - physical therapy , athletes , medicine , psychological intervention , intellectual disability , visual analogue scale , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychiatry
The Universal Pain Assessment Tool (UPAT) was used to assess the level of pain in people with limited communication skills. The UPAT enables clinicians to consult a specialized pain management team more often and lead to earlier interventions. The purpose of this study was to determine, whether the UPAT could be used as an extra tool to collect data on functional TMJ pain and to assess orofacial pain levels related to temporomandibular disorder(s) (TMD) in people with intellectual disabilities (ID).