How Confinement and Back to Normal Affected the Well-Being and Thus Sleep, Headaches and Temporomandibular Disorders.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 20(3)2023 01 28.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2216035
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic is having negative consequences not only for people's general health but also for the masticatory system. This article aimed to assess confinement and its new normal impact on well-being, sleep, headaches, and temporomandibular disorders (TMD). An anonymous survey was distributed to a Spanish university community. Participants completed a well-being index (WHO-5), a questionnaire related to sleep quality (the BEARS test), a headache diagnostic test (the tension type headache (TTH) and migraine diagnosis test), and the DC-TMD questionnaire. Questions were addressed in three scenarios before confinement, during confinement, and the new normal. A total of 436 responses were collected (70% women, 30% men). A reduction in well-being and sleep quality was recorded. Respondents reported more TTH and migraines during and after confinement. Overall, confinement and return to normal did not increase TMD symptoms, and only minor effects were observed, such as more intense joint pain and a higher incidence of muscle pain in women during confinement. Reduced well-being is correlated with sleep quality loss, headaches, and TMD symptoms. This study provides evidence that pandemics and confinement might have had a negative impact on population health. Well-being was strongly affected, as were sleep quality, depression risk, TTH, and migraine frequency. In contrast, the temporomandibular joint and muscles showed more resilience and were only slightly affected.
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Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
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Tension-Type Headache
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COVID-19
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Migraine Disorders
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
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Variants
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ijerph20032340
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