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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients with temporomandibular disorders and healthy individuals in DC/TMD reliability assessments

From: Diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders: self-instruction or formal training and calibration?

  

Group

  

Course

Self

Self + course

P

Age

Years

48 (42/68)

52 (30/58)

53 (47/61)

0.709

Gender

Men

7

2

4

0.135

 

Women

9

14

12

Participants

Patients

11

12

13

0.717

 

Healthy individuals

5

4

3

Family situation

Single

0

1

3

0.040

 

Married/Partner

10

7

12

 

Other (ex. Divorced/widow)

6

8

1

Education

High school

4

4

1

0.618

 

Gymnasium

8

7

9

 

College/University

4

5

6

Occupation

Working/studying

2

12

10

0.005

 

Retired/housewife/parental leave

13

3

5

 

Unemployed/ early retirement/sick listed

1

1

1

Characteristic Pain Intensity

0-10

2 (0/5)

4 (2/6)

4 (2/5)

0.646

  1. DC/TMD = Diagnostic criteria for temporomandibular disorders. Age and characteristic pain intensity are reported as median (25th/75th percentile). P-vaules are from the Chi-square test or the Kruskall-Wallis ANOVA on ranks (age and characterstic pain intensity).