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Table 3 Graduation of chronic pain

From: Prevalence and quality of temporomandibular disorders, chronic pain and psychological distress in patients with classical and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: an exploratory study

n of participants with chronic pain according to GCS

n

Diagnosis of TMD

no Diagnosis of TMD

p-value

GCS

259 (100%)

120 (46.3%)

139 (53.6%)

< 0.001

no pain

17 (6.6%)

0 (0.0%)

17 (100%)

 

low disability - low intensity

135 (52.1%)

56 (41.5%)

79 (58.5%)

 

low disability - high intensity

40 (15.4%)

23 (57.5%)

17 (42.5%)

 

high disability - moderately limiting

45 (17.4%)

26 (57.8%)

19 (42.2%)

 

high disability - severely limiting

22 (8.5%)

15 (68.2%)

7 (31.8%)

 
  1. Evaluation of the questionnaire for the graduation of chronic pain, “Graduierung chronischer Schmerzen” (GCS), concerning a diagnosed
  2. temporomandibular disorder (TMD). P-values were calculated using a chi-square test to show whether there was an association between the evaluation of the GCS and TMD diagnosis