Effect of Intolerance Uncertainty on Treatment of Burning Mouth Syndrome
Objectives: Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is a chronic intra oral burning sensation that has no identifiable cause either local, systemic conditions or disease. Many of the patients with BMS visit several different clinics due to dissatisfaction with their approaches such as Intolerance Uncertainty (IU). IU is a predisposition to negative reaction to an uncertain event or situation. Although BMS patients with high IU may affect the dissatisfaction with their treatments, it has not been shown thus far whether IU affects their satisfaction. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of IU on their satisfaction with treatment. Methods: Twenty-two patients with BMS and 17 patients with oral psychosomatic disorders other than BMS were assessed by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Patients' Global Impression of Change (PGIC), and Short Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (SIUS). SIUS and VAS were assessed at the first visit, and VAS and PGIC were assessed 3 months later. Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficients and partial correlation controlling for SIUS were calculated to examine the relationship between changes in VAS and PGIC. Results: The correlational analysis showed that changes in VAS was significantly related to PGIC in BMS patients (r=0.47，p=0.029). Partial correlational analysis controlling SIUS indicated that IU influenced the relation between changes in VAS and PGIC (r=-0.56，p=0.013). Further analysis revealed that these correlations were confirmed only in high IU group（high IU: r=0.69, p=0.039; low IU: r=0.37,p=0.213）. The analyses with oral psychosomatic disorders other than BMS showed that correlation between changes in VAS and PGIC was not significant (r=0.21, p=0.438), and that IU did not heighten this correlation (r=0.16, p=0.565). Conclusions: When the symptoms in the patients with BMS cannot be improved, the improvement of IU may help to prevent an increase in their dissatisfaction.
Division: IADR/AADR/CADR General Session
Meeting:2019 IADR/AADR/CADR General Session (Vancouver, BC, Canada) Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Year: 2019 Final Presentation ID:1510 Abstract Category|Abstract Category(s):Oral Medicine & Pathology Research
Authors
Utsunomiya, Masafumi
( Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
, Sapporo
, Japan
)
Abiko, Yoshihiro
( Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
, Ishikari-Tobetsu
, Hokkaido
, Japan
)
Matsuoka, Hirofumi
( Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
, Sappro
, Japan
)
Paudel, Durga
( Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
, Sapporo
, Japan
)
Harada, Fumiya
( Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
, Sapporo
, Japan
)
Hiraki, Daichi
( Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
, Ishikari-Tobetsu
, Hokkaido
, Japan
)
Morikawa, Tetsuro
( Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
, Ishikari-Tobetsu
, Hokkaido
, Japan
)
Yoshida, Koki
( Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
, Ishikari-Tobetsu
, Hokkaido
, Japan
)
Sato, Jun
( Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
, Ishikari-Tobetsu
, Hokkaido
, Japan
)
Chiba, Itsuo
( Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
, Sappro
, Japan
)