The Complaints, Type, and Severity of Stressful Events in Patients with Burning Mouth Syndrome Referring to Zahedan School of Dentistry, Iran

Figures & data

Table 1 The Frequency of Complaints in Both Groups

Type of Complaints	Group
	Control		Case		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Burning or tingling	29	96.6	0	0	29	33.43
Burning, tingling, itching	1	3.33	0	0	1	1.66
Burning, tingling, numbness-tingling and increasing the saliva	0	0	1	3.33	1	1.66
Burning, tingling, abnormal movement of tongue and abnormal taste sensation	0	0	1	3.33	1	1.66
Burning, tingling, numbness-tingling, itching and mouth dryness	0	0	1	3.33	1	1.66
Burning, tingling and moving submucosa	0	0	2	6.66	2	3.33
Burning, tingling and feeling infection	0	0	2	6.66	2	3.33
Burning, tingling and feeling the loss of taste sensation	0	0	3	10	3	5
Burning, tingling and not feeling the taste of food	0	0	1	3.33	1	1.66
Burning, tingling and changing the color	0	0	1	3.33	1	1.66
Burning, tingling and having difficulty in speaking	0	0	1	3.33	1	1.66
Burning, tingling and having difficulty in chewing food	0	0	1	3.33	1	1.66
Burning, tingling and swelling tongue	0	0	2	6.66	2	3.33
Burning, tingling, abnormal movement of tongue	0	0	1	3.33	1	1.66
Burning, tingling and the others	0	0	3	10	3	5
Burning, tingling, and abnormal taste sensation	0	0	1	3.33	1	1.66
Burning, tingling and increasing the saliva	0	0	2	6.66	2	3.33
Burning, tingling and feeling ulcer on the tongue	0	0	1	3.33	1	1.66
Burning, tingling and feeling infection	0	0	1	3.33	1	1.66
Burning, tingling and swelling of tongue and abnormal movement of tongue	0	0	2	6.66	2	3.33
Burning, tingling and feeling mouth heat	0	0	1	3.33	1	1.66
Burning, tingling, numbness-tingling, itching and abnormal movement of tongue	0	0	1	3.33	1	1.66
Burning, tingling, feeling the increase of saliva and mouth heat	0	0	1	3.33	1	1.66

Table 2 The Frequency of Complaints in Both Groups Considering the Number of Complaints by Each Person

The Number of Complaints	Groups
	Control		Case		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%
1	29	96.7	0	0	29	48.3
2	1	3.3	21	70	22	36.7
≥3	0	0	9	30	9	15
Total	30	100	30	100	60	100

Figure 1 Differences in the severity of complaints between the groups.

Figure 2 The distribution of the severity of complaints in both groups.

Table 3 The Frequency of Complaint Duration Between Two Groups

Duration of Complaints	Groups				Total
	Control		Case
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Less than 6 months	22	84.6	4	15.4	26	100
6 months to 2 years	5	45.5	6	54.5	11	100
2–5 years	3	18.8	13	81.3	16	100
More than 5 years	0	100	7	100	7	100

Table 4 Comparison of the Type of Stressful Events Among Patients with BMS Syndrome with Control Group

Type of Stressful Events	Control		Case		Total
	n	%	n	%	n
Divorce	0	0	1	3.33	1
Death of a family member	0	0	2	6.66	2
Changing job	2	6.66	0	0	2
Changes in the economic state	5	16.66	0	0	5
Changes in the responsibilities of life	1	3.33	0	0	1
Changes in living conditions	5	16.66	1	3.33	6
None of them	13	43.33	0	0	13
Changes in the economic situation and living conditions	2	6.66	1	3.33	3
Changes in job and economic situation	1	3.33	1	3.33	2
Changes in economic situation and religious activities	1	3.33	0	0	1
Partner’s death and changes in living conditions	0	0	1	3.33	1
Separation from the partner and changes in living condition	0	0	1	3.33	1
Changes in the health of a family member and living conditions	0	0	1	3.33	1
Injured or sick	0	0	1	3.33	1
Pregnancy and conflict with spouse’s parents	0	0	1	3.33	1
Death of a family member and conflict with spouse’s parents	0	0	1	3.33	1
Being injured, sick and retirement	0	0	1	3.33	1
Divorce and changes in the number of conflicts with the spouse	0	0	1	3.33	1
The death of a family member and a change in the responsibilities of life	0	0	1	3.33	1
Death of a family member and changes in job	0	0	1	3.33	1
The change in the number of conflicts with the spouse and spouse’s parents	0	0	1	3.33	1
Changes in the economic situation and housing loan	0	0	1	3.33	1
Changes in the economic situation, divorce, and change in living conditions	0	0	1	3.33	1
Being injured or sick, loss of job and change in life responsibilities	0	0	1	3.33	1
Being injured or sick, married and change in living conditions	0	0	1	3.33	1
Loss of job, change in life responsibilities and living conditions	0	0	1	3.33	1
Pregnancy and sexual issues, change in the economic situation	0	0	2	6.66	2
The death of a family member, change in work and economic situation	0	0	1	3.33	1
Changes in the economic situation, the responsibilities of life and living conditions	0	0	1	3.33	1
Sexual issues, changes in job and economic situation	0	0	1	3.33	1
Spouse death, changes in the economic situation and living conditions	0	0	1	3.33	1
Change in the job, economic situation and the responsibilities of life	0	0	1	3.33	1
Spouse death, changes in the economic situation, responsibilities of living, leaving child from home, changes in living conditions and housing loan	0	0	1	3.33	1

Table 5 The Distribution of Stressful Events in Two Groups

The Number of Stressful Events	Groups
	Control		Case		Total
	n	%	n	%	n	%
0	13	43.3	0	0	13	21.7
1	13	43.3	4	13.3	17	28.3
≥2	4	13.3	26	86.7	30	50
Total	30	100	30	100	60	100

Figure 3 The mean severity of stressful events in two groups.