Almeida, Erika Oliveira deBezerra, Aliane da Silva2019-11-282019-11-282019-08-15BEZERRA, Aliane da Silva. Efeito a curto prazo da laser acupuntura na dor, ansiedade e depressão de pacientes com disfunção temporomandibular: ensaio clínico randomizado. 2019. 91f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciências Odontológicas) - Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2019.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/28068Objective: To evaluate the short-term effect of laser acupuncture compared with counseling, occlusal plaque, and physiotherapy treatments on pain, anxiety, and depression in TMD patients. Methods: A randomized clinical trial was performed with patients with TMD, diagnosed by the TMD (RDC / TMD). 60 patients were randomly allocated to four distinct groups: counseling (AC), Occlusal Plaque (PO), physical therapy (PF) and laser acupuncture (LA) and were evaluated at baseline, and at 1 month after therapy. To evaluate anxiety, HADS, BAI, and STAI were used. For depression was BDI and HADS. For pain, VAS was used. The Kruskal-Wallis test with a 95% confidence level was used for intergroup analysis. The Mann-Whitney post-test, to verify where was the difference found between the groups. And the Wilcoxon signed rank test for analysis between the times analyzed. Results: Over time there was a reduction in pain symptoms in the PL (p = 0.001), PF (p = 0.014) and LA groups were at the significance threshold (p = 0.08). After 30 days of therapy there was a significant reduction between the PF versus AC (p = 0.004) and FP versus LA (p = 0.006) groups. The FP group was the only group that reduced anxiety symptoms by BAI (p = 0.09) and by STAI-E (p = 0.042). In depressive parameters there was a statistically significant difference over time by BDI in the PO (p = 0.044) and LA (p = 0.009) groups. Between groups there was a statistically significant difference by BDI, between PO versus LA (p = 0.004), and PF versus LA (p = 0.005). And by HADS, between FP versus LA (p = 0.012). Conclusion: For patients with anxiety and depression, laser acupuncture is not the most appropriate therapy to reduce pain symptoms in the short term.Acesso AbertoSíndrome da Disfunção da Articulação TemporomandibularTerapia por acupunturaTerapia com luz de baixa intensidadeLaser acupunturaPlaca oclusalAconselhamentoFisioterapiaEnsaio clínicoAnsiedadeDepressãomasterThesisCNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ODONTOLOGIA