ASSOCIATION OF GENDER WITH PAIN PERCEPTION AMONG PATIENTS WITH MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROME

Abstract

The current study aimed to evaluate the pain perception among patients with Myofascial pain syndrome in both genders. The study was crossectional survey design. Data was collected using consecutive sampling technique. 170 Patients with Myofacial pain syndrome were taken as the sample of the study who visited dental teaching hospital from January, 2020 to April, 2021. Chi-square test was used to assess the pain perception among patients with Myofascial pain syndrome in both genders using SPSS version 23.0. The results of chi-square revealed a significant difference between both genders in terms of prevalence of Myofascial pain syndrome (X2=9.110, P=.011). In conclusion, Males were higher in reporting severe pain while females were higher in reported moderate myofascial pain.