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2 questions · 2 findings · 1 reviews · Oral medicine and oral cancer

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Zinc vs placebo

Health‐related quality of life · Patients with taste disturbances (dysgeusia/hypogeusia; idiopathic, zinc-deficient, or secondary to chronic renal failure)
1 finding from 1 review
  • Interventions for managing taste disturbances 2017 · Cochrane All outcomes
    Results (health-related quality of life): None of the studies reported data on health-related quality of life. Heckmann 2005 (zinc) reported that signs of depression were less severe (Beck Depression Inventory P<0.05;…
    1 study
    GRADE not reported

Acupuncture vs sham control

Health‐related quality of life · Patients with idiopathic dysgeusia and hypogeusia
1 finding from 1 review
  • Interventions for managing taste disturbances 2017 · Cochrane All outcomes
    Results (health-related quality of life): Brandt 2008 assessed HRQoL in dysgeusia patients and reported significant improvement in psychological symptoms in the acupuncture group and increased quality of life in both…
    1 study
    GRADE not reported