Sensory trick effect in craniofacial dystonia as one of the possible impacts of wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic

Table 1 Baseline characteristics, mask wearing frequencies, and symptom changes of the evaluated patients during cycle 1

Diagnosis	n	Age y (mean, SD)	Frequency of wearing the mask (category) (n)				Frequency category 1–3 (n)	Symptom Change category (n) (−2 to + 2) and number of patients with preexisting sensory trick [n]
			0	1	2	3		-2	-1	0	+ 1	+ 2
BSP	26	71,9 ± 8,9	4	12	6	4	22	1 [0]	1 [1]	17 [4]	2 [1]	1 [1]
CD	62	64,5 ± 12	8	20	18	16	54	1 [0]	2 [1]	48 [13]	2 [2]	1 [1]
OMD	7	70,3 ± 5,1	1	2	3	1	6	0	1 [0]	2 [1]	2 [1]	1 [1]
HFS	25	70,4 ± 10,6	6	10	5	4	19	1 [0]	2 [0]	14 [0]	1 [0]	1 [0]
	120		19	44	32	25	101	3 [0]	6 [2]	81 [18]	7 [4]	4 [3]

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