Effectiveness of telerehabilitation-supported exercises in patients with temporomandibular disorders with probable sleep bruxism during the COVID-19 pandemic: A randomized controlled trial

CRANIO®, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 12

Published: April 18, 2025

This study evaluated telerehabilitation-supported exercises' effects on pain, neck disability, anxiety, oral behaviors, and sleep quality in patients with Temporomandibular Disorders associated probable bruxism (TMDs-SB). During the COVID-19 pandemic (March 2021-May 2022), 40 aged 18-65 TMDs-SB were randomized to a telerehabilitation (n = 20) or home exercise groups. Both received education exercises; group supervised 30-minute weekly WhatsApp video sessions for eight weeks. Outcomes assessed at baseline groups improved significantly all outcomes from eight-week follow-up (p < .05). Telerehabilitation showed greater reductions morning jaw pain .012), disability .032), trait anxiety .028), behaviors .001) versus exercises. Sleep similarly both .154). effectively reduced symptoms, offering promising alternative unsupervised exercises during pandemic. Given this unique context, conducting studies outside pandemic's conditions would enhance generalizability clarify telerehabilitation's potential. Further are needed confirm its efficacy beyond conditions.

Language: Английский

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Teledentistry applied to Health and Education Outcomes: Evidence Gap Map (Preprint)

Journal of Medical Internet Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 26, P. e60590 - e60590

Published: Sept. 19, 2024

Teledentistry is a field of activities that comprises information and communication technologies (ICTs) applied to dentistry, including the exchange clinical information, patient care, use educational strategies across remote distances. Its has grown progressively over past decades-intensified by COVID-19 pandemic-and been improving provision dental services ever since.

Language: Английский

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Teledentistry for improving access to, and quality of oral health care: An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses (Preprint)

Published: Aug. 14, 2024

Digital interventions including teleledentistry are promising approaches to address some of the inadequacies healthcare systems. Despite systematic reviews (SRs) on benefits and implementation challenges teledentistry, its impact quality care remains unclear. The purpose this overview SRs is summarize evidence teledentistry in promoting access enhancing oral health care. We searched electronic databases MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase (Embase.com), CINAHL (EBSCO), Web Science, Cochrane Library, Epistemonikos grey literature identify meta-analysis quantitative, qualitative, mixed reviews, with support an expert librarian, from inception March 2024. In addition, we checked reference lists included SRs. studies without data language restrictions. Two independent reviewers performed screening extraction assessed using AMSTAR 2 ROBIS tools. overlap reviews. reported certainty heterogeneity studies. Data synthesized narratively presented tables graphs. search yielded 1020 articles, which 30 were overview. number participants across these ranged 130 7913 people. All dimensions addressed varying extents, domains effectiveness, efficiency, patient-centered being most extensively studied. Conversely, patient safety equity least explored domains. Several exhibited a critically low methodological high risk bias. (corrected covered area) primary all was slight (2.3%), while it as moderate (5.7%) for (SR-MAs). findings suggest that effective efficient alternative in-person care, line Quintuple Aim. However, concerns warrant call more rigorous obtain robust evidence, notably potential achieve equity.

Language: Английский

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What does teledentistry mean? Mapping of current definitions

Digital Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Access to timely oral healthcare services is paramount for any system, as good health contributes overall quality of life and wellbeing. Despite several initiatives’ efforts, there are still persistent deficiencies in accessing healthcare. As a result, teledentistry recognized promising cost-effective intervention reduce inequalities, enhance patients’ outcomes experiences, improve providers’ wellbeing, costs, contribute environmental sustainability dentistry. However, confusion its terminology with many interchangeably used terms referring this concept. Therefore, based on our research systematic reviews teledentistry, we define the use technology remote delivery between patients providers or providers. Its goals facilitate access care, mitigate economic impact diseases treatment, foster interprofessional collaboration.

Language: Английский

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The role of telehealth in the delivery of oral and maxillofacial surgery services at a level 6 hospital in New South Wales Australia during COVID-19 – the John Hunter Hospital experience: a commentary, review and cautionary tale for the future

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head & Neck Surgery, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 32(4), P. 263 - 268

Published: May 6, 2024

The objective of this article is to understand the uptake in use Telehealth services during COVID-19 pandemic as a way provide compelling impetus for further research and promotion general. A data review Outpatient Department from 2020 2023, compiled by Surgical Outcomes improvement Unit.

Language: Английский

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The Association Between the Central Sensitisation Inventory and Temporomandibular Disorders Is Confounded by Migraine, Depression, Widespread Pain and Parafunction. A Cross‐Sectional Telehealth Study

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Sept. 17, 2024

ABSTRACT Background Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) are conditions that involve the temporomandibular joints, masticatory muscles, and associated tissues, causing orofacial pain. Central sensitisation (CS) is a relevant part of TMD pathophysiology. Migraine, psychological aspects, parafunctional oral habits widespread pain commonly with both CS could confound association between them. Objectives To investigate painful Sensitisation Inventory (CSI) score, to assess presence confounders in this association. Methods Cross‐sectional study assessed women without complaints using telehealth. The Pain Screener an online physical examination determined TMD. following questionnaires were applied: CSI, Headache Screening Questionnaire, Generalized Anxiety Disorder‐7, Patient Health Questionnaire‐9, Oral Behavior Checklist, Jaw Functional Limitation Scale Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire. A single regression investigated CSI score TMD, multiple effect other outcomes as possible confounders. Confounding was considered present when changed more than 10% after adding confounder model. Results Forty‐two 53 included. There significant ( R 2 = 0.639; p < 0.001). This added model: migraine, symptoms depression, habits. Conclusion positive confounded by

Language: Английский

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Considerações metodológicas para o desenvolvimento de estudos de revisão sistemática

Revista de Educação Física / Journal of Physical Education, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 93(2), P. 65 - 77

Published: Sept. 20, 2024

Introdução: A revisão sistemática (RS) tem como principal característica verificar nas mais diversas áreas do conhecimento o que existe descrito na literatura sobre uma determinada temática sintetizando em um único trabalho. Sua elaboração requer prática, estudo e de algumas particularidades. Objetivo: Apresentar considerações metodológicas quanto ao planejamento condução estudos tipo RS, buscando identificar a organização sequência ordenada demais aspectos envolvidos seu desenvolvimento. Métodos: Estudo análise qualitativa metodológica utilizando pesquisa bibliográfica. Resultados: Foram identificadas sete etapas sequenciais processo RS: 1)Pergunta da pesquisa; 2)Protocolo revisão; 3)Busca sistemática; 4)Seleção dos estudos; 5)Leitura avaliação qualidade ou risco viés nos 6)Síntese análise; 7)Redação relatório, certeza das evidências futura publicação. Conclusão: O presente representa guia metodológico completo para RS alta qualidade.

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Evaluating Telehealth Diagnostic Accuracy in Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases: A Comparative Study

Journal of Personalized Medicine, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(12), P. 1147 - 1147

Published: Dec. 10, 2024

This study evaluated the accuracy of diagnosing oral and maxillofacial diseases using telehealth.

Language: Английский

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Teledentistry for improving access to, and quality of oral health care: An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses (Preprint)

Journal of Medical Internet Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Aug. 14, 2024

Language: Английский

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