IADR Abstract Archives
Support Group as a Treatment Modality for Burning Mouth Syndrome: a Randomized Prospective Study
Objectives: To investigate the effectiveness of a support group in the management of burning mouth syndrome (BMS).
Methods: The cohort included 22 adult patients with BMS who attended the oral and maxillofacial department of a tertiary medical center in 2014-2019 and agreed to participate in the study. Eleven patients were assigned to a support group and took part in 90-minute sessions held once weekly for 4 weeks, and the remainder continued their previous individual BMS treatment routine (control group). All patients completed a life-quality questionnaire before and 3 months after the group sessions. Scores for each group were compared between the two time points with Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
Results: There was a significant decrease in scores for malaise (p=0.041), total pain (p=0.046), and difficulty enjoying food (p=0.026) before to after the group sessions in the study group. No significant changes were found in the control group in any of the parameters examined.
Conclusions: A group support can alleviate pain and other clinical symptoms of BMS. Further longer-term prospective studies are needed to corroborate our findings.
Methods: The cohort included 22 adult patients with BMS who attended the oral and maxillofacial department of a tertiary medical center in 2014-2019 and agreed to participate in the study. Eleven patients were assigned to a support group and took part in 90-minute sessions held once weekly for 4 weeks, and the remainder continued their previous individual BMS treatment routine (control group). All patients completed a life-quality questionnaire before and 3 months after the group sessions. Scores for each group were compared between the two time points with Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
Results: There was a significant decrease in scores for malaise (p=0.041), total pain (p=0.046), and difficulty enjoying food (p=0.026) before to after the group sessions in the study group. No significant changes were found in the control group in any of the parameters examined.
Conclusions: A group support can alleviate pain and other clinical symptoms of BMS. Further longer-term prospective studies are needed to corroborate our findings.