The Effect of COVID-19 Infection on Orofacial Pain: A Cross-sectional Study.

Publication date: Aug 03, 2024

COVID-19 infection shows variant symptoms apart from respiratory symptoms, including the orofacial pain. We aim to research the morbidity, characteristics and potential risk factors of orofacial pain associated with COVID-19 pandemic in China from December 2022 to early 2023. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Fujian Province, China. The demographic and characteristic data of the subjects were collected and analysed. A total of 1526 subjects responded to the survey. The morbidity of orofacial pain increased significantly before and after COVID-19 infection. (42. 26% vs. 46. 52%, P < .001) A total of 217 (14. 22%) subjects with orofacial pain before COVID-19 infection reported the phenomenon of "COVID-19 infection with orofacial pain" (CIOP). Univariate and multivariate logistic regression showed that male (OR = 1. 761, P < .001) and other symptoms of COVID-19 (OR = 1. 494, P < .001) may be the risk factors for the aggravation of CIOP, while the time of first infection (OR = 0. 580, P = .004) and preference for drinking tea or coffee (OR = 0. 610, P = .003) may be the protective factors for the aggravation of CIOP. While, the subjects who did not concern about the spread of COVID-19 in oral treatment (OR = 0. 639, P = .001), female (OR = 0. 749, P = .03), education level (OR = 1. 687, P < .001) and income level (OR = 1. 796, P < .001), higher PSS-10 score (OR = 1. 076, P < .001), and more drugs taken for infection (OR = 1. 330, P < .001) were more willing to seek medical treatment. The morbidity of orofacial pain appears to have increased significantly due to the COVID-19 epidemic; a number of factors can influence the CIOP including gender, infection period, and beverage preference' psychological factors, gender, education and income level can also influence the intent to seek a dentist.

Concepts Keywords
Dentist COVID-19
Pandemic Cross-sectional study
Tea Orofacial pain

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH COVID-19
disease MESH Infection
disease MESH morbidity
disease VO time
disease MESH education level
disease MESH Long Covid

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