Association Between Toothbrushing Habits and COVID-19 Symptoms.
COVID-19
Dentistry
Oral hygiene
Public health
SARS-CoV-2
Toothbrushing
Journal
International dental journal
ISSN: 1875-595X
Titre abrégé: Int Dent J
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0374714
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2023
Apr 2023
Historique:
received:
19
05
2022
revised:
19
07
2022
accepted:
29
07
2022
pubmed:
4
10
2022
medline:
15
3
2023
entrez:
3
10
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The association between toothbrushing and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections is unknown. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the change in time and frequency of toothbrushing is associated with having COVID-19 symptoms. In this 8-month retrospective cohort study, we used the data from the Japan COVID-19 and Society Internet Survey (JACSIS; N = 22,366), which was conducted between August and September 2020. The logistic regression analyses were used to calculate the odds ratios (ORs) of having the 3 main COVID-19 symptoms (high fever, cough, and taste and smell disorder). Confounders were age, sex, educational attainment, equivalised income level, self-rated health, health literacy, and living area. The mean age of the participants was 49 years (SD = ±17.3), and 49.2% were male. Overall 2704 (12.1%) participants changed (increased or decreased) the time and frequency of toothbrushing, whilst 19,662 (87.9%) did not change. Only 60 participants (0.3%) had the 3 main COVID-19 symptoms. All logistic regression models showed that those who had a change in time and frequency of toothbrushing had higher odds of having the 3 main COVID-19 symptoms compared to those who had unchanged time and frequency of toothbrushing. The ORs ranged from 6.00 (95% confidence interval [CI], 3.60-9.99) in the crude model to 4.08 (95% CI, 2.38-6.98) in the fully adjusted model. The change in time and frequency of toothbrushing from before to after the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with having the 3 main COVID-19 symptoms.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36192224
pii: S0020-6539(22)00190-3
doi: 10.1016/j.identj.2022.07.011
pmc: PMC9350673
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
302-310Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interest None disclosed.
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