A research on quality of life score (QOLS) of patients with trigeminal neuralgia (TN)

Yejiao Luo; Mingjie He; Chenjun Li; Hongya Yang

doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2019.03.011

A research on quality of life score (QOLS) of patients with trigeminal neuralgia (TN)

J Infect Public Health. 2019 Sep-Oct;12(5):690-694. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2019.03.011. Epub 2019 May 14.

Authors

Yejiao Luo¹, Mingjie He¹, Chenjun Li², Hongya Yang³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Stomatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu 610500, Sichuan Province, China.
² Department of Stomatology, PLA General Hospital of Chengdu Military Region, Chengdu 610072, Sichuan Province, China. Electronic address: lichenjun65@163.com.
³ Department of Stomatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu 610500, Sichuan Province, China; Department of Stomatology, PLA General Hospital of Chengdu Military Region, Chengdu 610072, Sichuan Province, China.

PMID: 31101490
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2019.03.011

Abstract

Background: To evaluate the clinic effect of treatment of trigeminal neuralgia (TN).

Methods: The current study aims to develop a multiple-scale characteristics quality of life (QOL) for patients with TN. After interview, the individual questionnaire was acquired. indicating the QOL has a good responsiveness and surveying effects of the dynamic state of health on TN patients.

Conclusion: It is feasible to form multiple-scale characteristics QOL for patients with TN.

Keywords: Quality of life; Reliability; Scale; Trigeminal neuralgia; Validity.

MeSH terms

Humans
Pain Measurement
Quality of Life*
Reproducibility of Results
Surveys and Questionnaires
Treatment Outcome
Trigeminal Neuralgia / drug therapy*
Trigeminal Neuralgia / psychology*