. 2023 Dec 1;23:951. doi: 10.1186/s12903-023-03689-2

Table 3.

OHIP-14 scores of patients with BMS and healthy controls

		BMS	Controls	p-values^a
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	p-values^a
Total		24.56 ± 10.34	8.9 ± 6.52	0.000^*
Functional limitation
1.	Trouble pronouncing words	1.08 ± 1.21	0.44 ± 0.61	0.001^*
2.	Sense of taste worse	1.32 ± 1.22	0.58 ± 0.57	0.000^*
Physical pain
3.	Painful aching in mouth	3.06 ± 1.01	1.58 ± 0.88	0.000^*
4.	Uncomfortable eating anything	2.48 ± 1.22	1.3 ± 0.95	0.000^*
Psychological discomfort
5.	Been self-conscious	1.7 ± 1.25	0.28 ± 0.54	0.000^*
6.	Felt tense	2.58 ± 1.31	1.38 ± 1.05	0.000^*
Physical disability
7.	Diet has been unsatisfactory	1.5 ± 1.27	0.64 ± 0.83	0.000^*
8.	Had to interrupt meals	0.72 ± 0.86	0.24 ± 0.52	0.001^*
Psychological disability
9.	Difficult to relax	2.8 ± 1.16	0.86 ± 0.86	0.000^*
10.	Been embarrassed	1.3 ± 1.37	0.26 ± 0.44	0.000^*
Social disability
11.	Been irritable with others	1.7 ± 1.37	0.5 ± 0.54	0.000^*
12.	Difficulty doing usual jobs	1.2 ± 1.41	0.16 ± 0.37	0.000^*
Handicap
13.	Felt life is less satisfying	2.34 ± 1.26	0.58 ± 0.76	0.000^*
14.	Totally unable to function	0.78 ± 1.11	0.12 ± 0.39	0.000^*

Abbreviation: BMS, burning mouth syndrome. ^at-test, ^*p < 0.05