QUALITY OF THE LIFE AT THE SYNDROME OF PAINFUL DISFUNCTIONS TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT
Use in an estimation of efficiency of the medical aid based on an estimation of quality of a life is a prominent aspect of objectivity of application of various complexes of therapeutic methods of treatment. The estimation of the quality of the life of 82 patients before the beginning of planned treatment and a month after the beginning of this therapy was performed, the therapy included: standard medicamentous therapy, orthopedic treatment, physiotherapy, on the top of that an antidepressant «fluoxetin» was also used. Results of the estimation of quality in the life of patients with the syndrome of painful dysfunction of temporomandibular joint on parameters of the SF-36 inquiry have shown, that the presence of intraarticulate disorders lead to significant decrease in the quality of the patient's life practically on all parameters of scales of the inquiry, while the additional therapy with the use of antidepressants has led to a significant improvement of practically all parameters in the quality of life.