Síndrome de boca ardiente: Estudio retrospectivo de 140 casos en una muestra de la población catalana / Burning mouth syndrome: A retrospective study of 140 cases in a sample of catalan population

En este trabajo se presentan los resultados del análisis de factoresetiológicos y clínicos y su relación con el síndrome de laboca ardiente (SBA) en una muestra de la población catalana(Barcelona, España). El objetivo del presente estudio es establecerlas relaciones entre el síndrome de boca ardiente (SBA)y las siguientes variables: edad, sexo, depresión, depresiónenmascarada, cancerofobia, sensación de boca seca, sensaciónde cuerpo extraño y quemazón, contribuyendo, así, al estudioepidemiológico de esta enfermedad en Cataluña. Se estudian140 historias clínicas de pacientes diagnosticados con la enfermedady 140 historias clínicas de pacientes control. Los datosfueron analizados estadísticamente para examinar las relacionesy frecuencias de las variables y la enfermedad. Los resultadosobtenidos servirán para entender mejor las posibles relacionesde los factores etiológicos y clínicos estudiados con la enfermedad,así como el desarrollo del SBA y sus implicaciones enla población catalana

The results of analyzing etiologic and clinical factors, and theirconnection with the burning mouth syndrome (BMS) in a sampleof Catalan (Barcelona, Spain) population are presented inthis work. The purpose of this study is to establish connectionsbetween BMS and the following variables: age, sex, overt depression,masked depression, cancerophobia, dry mouth, foreignbody sensation in the mouth, and burning. 140 clinical cases ofpatients diagnosed with the disease and 140 cases of controlpatients are studied here. The data were statistically analyzedto study connections as well as the disease and variables frequency.The obtained results will help understanding possibleconnections of the studied etiologic and clinical factors with thedisease, as well as the course of BMS, and its consequences inthe Catalan population

Burning mouth syndrome: a retrospective study of 140 cases in a sample of Catalan population.

The results of analyzing etiologic and clinical factors, and their connection with the burning mouth syndrome (BMS) in a sample of Catalan (Barcelona, Spain) population are presented in this work. The purpose of this study is to establish connections between BMS and the following variables: age, sex, overt depression, masked depression, cancerophobia, dry mouth, foreign body sensation in the mouth, and burning. 140 clinical cases of patients diagnosed with the disease and 140 cases of control patients are studied here. The data were statistically analyzed to study connections as well as the disease and variables frequency. The obtained results will help understanding possible connections of the studied etiologic and clinical factors with the disease, as well as the course of BMS, and its consequences in the Catalan population.