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Table 2 Psychological and QST characteristics in four groups classified according to primary headache and HATMDa

From: Clinical, psychological, and sensory characteristics associated with headache attributed to temporomandibular disorder in people with chronic myogenous temporomandibular disorder and primary headaches

Characteristic

Type of primary HA

P valueb

TTH

Migraine

Primary HA only

n = 45

HATMD

n = 53

Primary HA only

n = 26

HATMD

n = 61

Effect of HATMD

Effect of HA type

Interaction

PSYCHOLOGICAL

 CSQ-R catastrophizing, 0–6 scale

0.9 (1.0)

0.8 (0.8)

1.3 (1.2)

1.6 (1.4)

0.547

<.001

0.209

 CSQ-R distraction, 0–6 scale

2.2 (1.3)

2.1 (1.5)

2.4 (1.7)

2.8 (1.7)

0.611

0.044

0.313

 CSQ-R praying, 0–6 scale

2.1 (2.2)

1.3 (1.8)

2.4 (2.2)

2.6 (2.0)

0.353

0.006

0.117

 CSQ-R ignoring pain, 0–6 scale

3.1 (1.6)

3.1 (1.5)

3.4 (1.3)

2.5 (1.5)

0.086

0.639

0.052

 CSQ-R distancing, 0–6 scale

1.2 (1.5)

1.0 (1.4)

1.6 (1.7)

1.4 (1.5)

0.405

0.074

0.913

 CSQ-R coping self-statements, 0–6 scale

4.2 (1.5)

3.7 (1.4)

4.4 (1.2)

4.3 (1.3)

0.178

0.096

0.353

 HADS anxiety, 0–21 scale

6.8 (4.2)

6.1 (3.7)

7.3 (4.5)

9.1 (4.6)

0.457

0.008

0.058

 HADS depression. 0–21 scale

3.2 (3.5)

2.9 (3.0)

3.0 (2.8)

4.8 (3.6)

0.135

0.094

0.040

 Perceived stress scale, 0–56 scale

20.5 (8.3)

19.1 (7.8)

20.6 (8.9)

25.5 (10.0)

0.224

0.020

0.026

 SCL-90R somatization, 0–4 scale

0.5 (0.4)

0.5 (0.3)

0.7 (0.6)

0.9 (0.5)

0.130

<.001

0.399

 SF-12v2 Mental Health, 0–100 scale

48.7 (10.1)

51.3 (9.6)

50.5 (9.1)

44.9 (11.6)

0.356

0.152

0.013

QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING

 Heat pain threshold, 32–50 °C

41.7 (3.3)

41.5 (3.9)

42.0 (2.9)

40.8 (3.5)

0.174

0.726

0.376

 Heat pain tolerance, 32–50 °C

45.6 (3.4)

45.9 (3.3)

46.0 (1.9)

45.2 (3.3)

0.614

0.725

0.264

 Temporalis PPT, 0–500 kPa

107.3 (52.7)

105.0 (62.3)

121.9 (59.4)

99.3 (57.0)

0.186

0.577

0.284

 Masseter PPT, 0–500 kPa

101.0 (51.1)

102.7 (59.8)

112.8 (52.4)

90.7 (55.0)

0.249

0.978

0.178

 TMJ mean PPT, 0–500 kPa

91.1 (47.3)

95.3 (53.7)

106.7 (54.0)

88.2 (53.7)

0.407

0.568

0.179

 Trapezius PPT, 0–500 kPa

216.0 (94.8)

201.2 (116.5)

205.8 (99.0)

181.6 (117.7)

0.271

0.406

0.813

 Lateral epicondyle PPT, 0–500 kPa

214.0 (85.8)

214.7 (115.9)

232.9 (108.6)

194.4 (106.2)

0.252

0.973

0.234

  1. Abbreviations: CSQ-R Coping Strategies Questionnaire-Revised, HA Headache, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, HATMD Headache attributed to TMD, PPT Pressure pain threshold, SCL-90R Symptom Checklist 90-Revised, SD Standard deviation, SF-12v2 Short-Form 12 Health Survey version 2, TMD Temporomandibular disorder, TMJ Temporomandibular joint, QST Quantitative sensory testing
  2. aData are mean (SD)
  3. bP values < 0.05 are highlighted in a bold font