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Subjective sleep quality and temporomandibular disorders: Systematic literature review and meta-analysis
Camila Caspary Roithmann1, Carlos Augusto Gomes da Silva1, Marcos Pascoal Pattussi2
1Post-Graduate Program in Dentistry (Prosthodontics), School of Health and Life Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Study Objectives:
To assess the general subjective sleep quality in individuals with and without TMD, and its distribution among the TMD diagnostic groups.
Methods:
A systematic review search was performed in Pubmed/MEDLINE, Embase, LILACS, Web of Science, SciELO, CINAHL and Cochrane Central as well as in the grey literature. Observational studies published since 1992 which used either the DC/TMD or RDC/TMD for TMD diagnosis and either the PSQI, SAQ or ESS questionnaires for sleep assessment were included. Articles selected for meta-analysis underwent quality, heterogeneity and publication bias evaluation.
Results:
A total of 1071 articles were found by online search, and 10 articles were added manually. For full-text reading, 138 papers were selected. Thirty-six articles were included in the final review, and 19 in the meta-analysis (PSQI only). Subjective sleep quality was shown to be associated with all RDC/TMD or DC/TMD Axis I diagnostic groups: muscle disorders, arthralgia/osteoarthritis/osteoarthrosis and disk displacements; with the highest association in the first two groups, and the lowest in the last one. A 4.45 times increased odds ratio of TMD prevalence was found for individuals who presented poor subjective sleep quality.
Conclusion:
Subjective sleep quality should be considered in the management of TMD.
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