Loneliness during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Patients with Burning Mouth Syndrome: A Multicentric Case-Control Italian Study
Table 5
Analysis of subscores and total score of ULS-8, MSPSS, and SIDAS in 100 BMS patients and in 100 healthy controls.
Clinical parameters
BMS
HC
value
ULS-8
Median [IQR]
Median [IQR]
ULS-1
2 [1-3]
2 [1-3]
0.078
ULS-2
2 [1-3]
1 [1-2]
0.144
ULS-3
4 [3-4]
3 [3-4]
0.078
ULS-4
1 [1-2]
1 [1-2]
0.575
ULS-5
1 [1-2]
1 [1-2]
0.170
ULS-6
3 [3-4]
3.5 [3-4]
0.968
ULS-7
1 [1-2]
1 [1-1.25]
0.004
ULS-8
2 [1-3]
1 [1-2]
0.292
ULS-8 total score
16 [14-20.25]
16 [14-17.25]
0.017
MPSS
Median [IQR]
Median [IQR]
MPSS-1
6 [4-7]
5 [3-7]
0.080
MPSS-2
6 [4.75-7]
5.5 [2-7]
0.044
MPSS3
6 [5-7]
5 [3-7]
0.038
MPSS-4
6 [4-7]
5.5 [4-7]
0.452
MPSS-5
6 [4.75-7]
6 [3-7]
0.146
MPSS-6
4 [2-5]
4 [3-6]
0.176
MPSS-7
4 [2.75-5.25]
4 [2.75-6]
0.353
MPSS-8
6 [4.75-7]
6 [3-7]
0.481
MPSS-9
4 [3-6]
4 [2-6]
0.795
MPSS-10
6 [4.75-7]
6 [3-7]
0.422
MPSS-11
6 [5-7]
6 [3-7]
0.315
MPSS-12
4 [2.75-6]
5 [2.75-6]
0.578
MPSS total score
61 [51-72]
61.5 [40-72]
0.411
Family support
24 [19-28]
22 [14-28]
0.193
Friend support
16 [11-22]
17.5 [11.5-24]
0.493
Significant other support
24 [17.8-28]
22 [11.8-28]
0.133
SIDAS
Median [IQR] 0 [0-0]
Median [IQR] 0 [0-0]
0.335
IQR is the interquartile range. The significant difference between medians was measured by the Mann–Whitney test. ULS-8 and SIDAS: significance with the Bonferroni correction 0.006. MSPSS: significance with the Bonferroni correction 0.004. Abbreviations: BMS: burning mouth syndrome; HC: healthy controls; ULS-8: UCLA Loneliness Scale-8; MSPSS: Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support; SIDAS: Suicidal Ideation Attribute Scale.
