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. 2022 Aug 11;2022(8):CD013515. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013515.pub2

Turner 2006.

Study characteristics
Methods Study design: parallel‐group RCT
Number of control groups: 1
Number of intervention groups: 1
Participants Inclusion criteria: age 18 years or older, RDC/TMD Axis I TMD diagnosis Dworkin 1992 made by an oral medicine specialist based on a structured RDC/TMD clinical examination, residence within a 2‐hour drive of the TMD clinic, facial pain for at least 3 months, facial pain‐related disability, as defined by a chronic pain grade of II high, III, or IV (Von Korff 1992) and ability to communicate in English
Exclusion criteria: need for further diagnostic evaluation, pending litigation or disability compensation for pain, current or previous CBT for pain, and major medical or psychiatric conditions that would interfere with ability to participate
Pretreatment: similar demographically at baseline. More self‐care patients had disc displacement and more participants in PMT group had osteoarthritis of the jaw joint.
Number eligible for study: 366
Number of participants: 158
Number randomly assigned to intervention (control): 79 (79)
Number started treatment in intervention (control): 77 (79)
Number completed treatment in intervention (control): 57 (53) completed all sessions, 67 (69) completed some sessions
Number included in analysis from intervention (control): 72 (76)
Comorbidity: not discussed
Sex: 86% female, 14% male
Ethnicity: 84% white
Other sample characteristics: referred to specialist clinic
Interventions  
  • CBT (PMT)

  • Self‐care management (SCM) (control)


 
Outcomes  
  • Characteristic Pain Intensity

  • BDI


Used in study but not review:
  • GCPS category

  • Mandibular Function Impairment Questionnaire

  • Process measures: Survey of Pain Attitudes, TMD self‐efficacy scale, Coping Strategies Questionnaire catastrophising scale, Pain Catastrophizing Questionnaire, Chronic Pain Coping inventory


 
Identification Date of study: 2001 to 2004, paper published 2006
Sponsorship source: funding for this study was provided by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Grant P01 DE08773
Country: USA
Setting: Specialist Orofacial Pain Clinic
Author name: Judith A Turner
Institution: University of Washington
Email: jturner@u.washington.edu
Address: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
Notes One of the three papers relating to this study was additional analyses of mediators and moderators, but had no additional raw data (Turner 2007).
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Generated by a biostatistician on a computer programme using stratified sampling in random block designs
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Sequentially numbered envelopes
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes High risk Not possible to blind participants due to nature of study. Randomsation assignment was concealed to all study personnel until envelopes were opened by research staff after participant consent was obtained.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes High risk Blinding of outcome assessors not mentioned. Self‐report so participants largely acting as their own outcome assessors and cannot be blind to the treatment they have received.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Low risk Clear rationale of imputation and sensitivity analyses where intention‐to‐treat analysis not possible due to dropout
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Predetermined endpoints for analysis. Table reports data for all key measures collected.
Other bias Low risk None noted