Association Between Sleep Quality and Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) Symptoms Among Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study
This research highlights a significant association between poor sleep quality and heightened TMD symptom severity in adults. Demographic variables, such as age, gender, and marital status, also influenced these results. These results suggest the utility of sleep evaluation in diagnosing TMD and the development of multidisciplinary treatment protocols. The use of a longitudinal research design that incorporates objective sleep assessment and psychological measures is recommended for future studies to examine causal pathways.
Authors
- Naveen Tariq
- Shazia Jamshed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0773-0463)
- Amal Nawasrah
- Azeem Hussain Soomro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3257-9673)
- Rida Malik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7118-8715)
- Yashar Mashayekhi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1784-8556)
- Aisha Mansoor Ali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4742-4073)
- Mishal Fatima
- Nadeem Muhammad Ikram
- Abali Wandala
- Maryam Binte Safiullah
Institutions
- Mission Health (US)
- Foundation University Islamabad (PK)
- Rawalpindi Medical University (PK)
- Pakistan Army (PK)
- Leicester General Hospital (GB)
- Foundation University Medical College (PK)
- Dow University of Health Sciences (PK)
- Universidad Adventista del Plata (AR)
- Army Medical College (PK)
- Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (SA)
- Ziauddin University (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-07-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.87818
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.14