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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orofacial pain practice: Perceptions from a convenience sample of orofacial pain practitioners
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has had a substantial impact on people’s lives. Increasing evidence indicates that patients with chronic pain particularly are being affected; however, few articles have examined how the pandemic has affected the care or clinical presentation of patients with orofacial pain. The...
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American Dental Association.
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9035375/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35715264 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2022.03.012 |
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author | Yanez Regonesi, Fernanda Kaspo, Ghabi A. Boggero, Ian A. Moreno-Hay, Isabel |
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description | BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has had a substantial impact on people’s lives. Increasing evidence indicates that patients with chronic pain particularly are being affected; however, few articles have examined how the pandemic has affected the care or clinical presentation of patients with orofacial pain. The aim of this study was to describe COVID-19–related changes in referral patterns and numbers, in patient demographics, in patients’ seeking treatment for problems, and in administrative procedures in 3 orofacial pain clinical settings. METHODS: Practitioners participating in the American Academy of Orofacial Pain webinar titled “Practicing Orofacial Pain, Headache, and Sleep Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic” completed a voluntary anonymous online survey. Survey respondents completed general questions related to their orofacial pain practices and about perceptions of their patients’ symptoms. For statistical analysis, the authors calculated frequencies and used analysis of variance for continuous variables or Likert scale variables and the χ(2) test for dichotomous or categorical variables. Statistical significance was set at P value of .05 or below. RESULTS: Practitioners noted an increase in new patients with orofacial pain. Of the participants, 33% indicated the onset of their patients’ pain was often or extremely often related to COVID-19. The 5 most common symptoms that providers felt were aggravated in their patients were masticatory muscle myalgia, anxiety, tension-type headache, bruxism, and insomnia or fragmented sleep. CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a marked increase in the number of patients seeking consultation for orofacial pain and associated symptoms. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, orofacial pain practitioners have noticed an increase in orofacial pain symptoms across practice settings. |
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spelling | pubmed-90353752022-04-25 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orofacial pain practice: Perceptions from a convenience sample of orofacial pain practitioners Yanez Regonesi, Fernanda Kaspo, Ghabi A. Boggero, Ian A. Moreno-Hay, Isabel J Am Dent Assoc Orofacial Pain Neuroscience BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has had a substantial impact on people’s lives. Increasing evidence indicates that patients with chronic pain particularly are being affected; however, few articles have examined how the pandemic has affected the care or clinical presentation of patients with orofacial pain. The aim of this study was to describe COVID-19–related changes in referral patterns and numbers, in patient demographics, in patients’ seeking treatment for problems, and in administrative procedures in 3 orofacial pain clinical settings. METHODS: Practitioners participating in the American Academy of Orofacial Pain webinar titled “Practicing Orofacial Pain, Headache, and Sleep Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic” completed a voluntary anonymous online survey. Survey respondents completed general questions related to their orofacial pain practices and about perceptions of their patients’ symptoms. For statistical analysis, the authors calculated frequencies and used analysis of variance for continuous variables or Likert scale variables and the χ(2) test for dichotomous or categorical variables. Statistical significance was set at P value of .05 or below. RESULTS: Practitioners noted an increase in new patients with orofacial pain. Of the participants, 33% indicated the onset of their patients’ pain was often or extremely often related to COVID-19. The 5 most common symptoms that providers felt were aggravated in their patients were masticatory muscle myalgia, anxiety, tension-type headache, bruxism, and insomnia or fragmented sleep. CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a marked increase in the number of patients seeking consultation for orofacial pain and associated symptoms. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, orofacial pain practitioners have noticed an increase in orofacial pain symptoms across practice settings. American Dental Association. 2023-03 2022-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9035375/ /pubmed/35715264 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2022.03.012 Text en © 2023 American Dental Association. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Orofacial Pain Neuroscience Yanez Regonesi, Fernanda Kaspo, Ghabi A. Boggero, Ian A. Moreno-Hay, Isabel The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orofacial pain practice: Perceptions from a convenience sample of orofacial pain practitioners |
title | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orofacial pain practice: Perceptions from a convenience sample of orofacial pain practitioners |
title_full | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orofacial pain practice: Perceptions from a convenience sample of orofacial pain practitioners |
title_fullStr | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orofacial pain practice: Perceptions from a convenience sample of orofacial pain practitioners |
title_full_unstemmed | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orofacial pain practice: Perceptions from a convenience sample of orofacial pain practitioners |
title_short | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on orofacial pain practice: Perceptions from a convenience sample of orofacial pain practitioners |
title_sort | impact of the covid-19 pandemic on orofacial pain practice: perceptions from a convenience sample of orofacial pain practitioners |
topic | Orofacial Pain Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9035375/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35715264 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.adaj.2022.03.012 |
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