Malik Rohit, Goel Sumit, Misra Deepankar, Panjwani Sapna, Misra Akansha
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Institute of Dental Studies and Technologies, Modinagar, Kadrabad, India.
J Midlife Health. 2012 Jan;3(1):36-9. doi: 10.4103/0976-7800.98816.
Burning mouth syndrome is a chronic pain syndrome primarily affecting elderly women with hormonal changes or psychological disorders. It is multifactorial in origin, often idiopathic and its etiopathogenesis, majorly being neuropathic, largely remains enigmatic.
To determine the prevalence of burning mouth symptom, in elderly women and evaluate local and systemic causes responsible for burning sensation.
100 elderly postmenopausal women were included in the study out of which 56 had a chief complaint of burning sensation. These patients were evaluated for the levels of anxiety and depression by means of questionnaire. The severity of burning and the response to the treatment was assessed with a five point Visual Analog Scale. The results were analyzed using "Chi-square test".
There was statistically significant increase in the levels of anxiety and depression in the study group.
The present study clearly indicates that most of the patients had moderate to severe levels of depression, which suggests that anxiety and depression are constant features in postmenopausal female patients.
灼口综合征是一种慢性疼痛综合征，主要影响有激素变化或心理障碍的老年女性。其病因是多因素的，通常为特发性，其发病机制主要是神经性的，在很大程度上仍然不明。
确定老年女性灼口症状的患病率，并评估导致灼口感觉的局部和全身原因。
100名绝经后老年女性纳入本研究，其中56名主要主诉为灼口感觉。通过问卷调查评估这些患者的焦虑和抑郁水平。使用五点视觉模拟量表评估灼口的严重程度和对治疗的反应。结果采用“卡方检验”进行分析。
研究组的焦虑和抑郁水平在统计学上有显著增加。
本研究清楚地表明，大多数患者有中度至重度抑郁水平，这表明焦虑和抑郁是绝经后女性患者的常见特征。
