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A nationwide register-based study of burning mouth syndrome in Taiwan
Objectives: Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is defined as a chronic burning pain of the oral mucosa with no associated clinical signs or apparent extraneous cause. Limited epidemiologic data have been published. In this study, we probed the nationwide registered database to assess the prevalence, gender distribution, age, income, and urbanization status of BMS patients in Taiwan.
Methods: A retrospective study was conducted to analyze the registered database compiled by the National Health Insurance provided by the Department of Health, Taiwan, from 2004 to 2013. The diagnosis of BMS was identified in accordance with the International Classification of Disease, Ninth revision (ICD-9-CM 781.1, 529.0, and 529.6). To increase the validity of diagnoses in the administrative data set, we only included dental visit patients who received ≥3 diagnoses of BMS. In addition, gender and age were analyzed by multivariate Poisson regression.
Results: The overall prevalence of BMS revealed steadily? from 2.61 (per 105) to 3.11 (per 105) over past 10-year period. A significant increase with age was observed in both male and female populations (p< 0.05). Female has higher risk of BMS than male (RR, 1.39; 95% CI, 1.37-1.41). The age group 60-69 y/o (RR, 3.30; 95% CI, 3.21-3.39) and > 70 y/o (OR, 3.89; 95% CI, 3.78-3.99) had the higher risk of BMS, respectively.
Conclusions: Taken together, the estimated prevalence of BMS remained stable over this 10-year period in Taiwan. In addition, the risk for BMS was higher among women than among men.
Methods: A retrospective study was conducted to analyze the registered database compiled by the National Health Insurance provided by the Department of Health, Taiwan, from 2004 to 2013. The diagnosis of BMS was identified in accordance with the International Classification of Disease, Ninth revision (ICD-9-CM 781.1, 529.0, and 529.6). To increase the validity of diagnoses in the administrative data set, we only included dental visit patients who received ≥3 diagnoses of BMS. In addition, gender and age were analyzed by multivariate Poisson regression.
Results: The overall prevalence of BMS revealed steadily? from 2.61 (per 105) to 3.11 (per 105) over past 10-year period. A significant increase with age was observed in both male and female populations (p< 0.05). Female has higher risk of BMS than male (RR, 1.39; 95% CI, 1.37-1.41). The age group 60-69 y/o (RR, 3.30; 95% CI, 3.21-3.39) and > 70 y/o (OR, 3.89; 95% CI, 3.78-3.99) had the higher risk of BMS, respectively.
Conclusions: Taken together, the estimated prevalence of BMS remained stable over this 10-year period in Taiwan. In addition, the risk for BMS was higher among women than among men.