Table 6.
The different types of oral mucosal dysesthesia in patients with the global perceived effects (GPE) score ≥4 points in the three different groups.
| Types of oral mucosal dysesthesia |
Candida culture (+) (n = 13) |
Candida culture (−) (n = 16) |
Without Candida culture test (n = 40) |
Total (n = 69) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burning | 11 (84.6) | 15 (93.8) | 34 (85.0) | 60 (87.0) |
| Numbness | 8 (61.5) | 13 (81.3) | 16 (40.0) | 37 (53.6) |
| Tingling pain | 7 (53.8) | 8 (50.0) | 17 (42.5) | 32 (46.4) |
| Fullness pain | 3 (23.1) | 5 (31.3) | 10 (25.0) | 18 (26.1) |
| Sharp pain | 5 (38.5) | 1 (6.3) | 6 (15.0) | 12 (17.4) |
| Others | 2 (15.4) | 3 (18.8) | 2 (5.0) | 7 (10.1) |
| Itching | 0 (0.0) | 3 (18.8) | 4 (10.0) | 7 (10.1) |
| Dull pain | 0 (0.0) | 2 (12.5) | 3 (7.5) | 5 (7.2) |
| Cutting pain | 1 (7.7) | 1 (6.3) | 2 (5.0) | 4 (5.8) |
| Sore pain | 0 (0.0) | 1 (6.3) | 2 (5.0) | 3 (4.3) |
| Throbbing pain | 1 (7.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.4) |
| Compression pain | 1 (7.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.4) |
| Simultaneous presence of types of oral mucosal dysesthesia in patients | ||||
| 1 type | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (15.0) | 6 (8.7) |
| 2 types | 7 (53.8) | 6 (37.5) | 12 (30.0) | 25 (36.2) |
| 3 types | 2 (15.4) | 5 (31.3) | 13 (32.5) | 20 (29.0) |
| 4 types | 1 (7.7) | 1 (6.3) | 8 (20.0) | 10 (14.5) |
| 5 types | 3 (23.1) | 4 (25.0) | 1 (2.5) | 8 (11.6) |
| ≥ 1 type | 13 (100.0) | 16 (100.0) | 34 (85.0) | 63 (91.3) |
“Others” represented the discomfort or pain that differed from the types of pain listed above, including but not limited to roughness and foreign body sensation.
Abbreviations: “+”, presence of Candida; “−”, absence of Candida.
The data are presented as the patient number (%).