Title
Impact on oral health-quality of life in infants: Multicenter study in Latin American countries
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Paiva S.M.
Martins L.P.
Bittencourt J.M.
Alvarez L.
Acevedo A.M.
Cepeda V.
Galvez C.A.
Gaberllini C.
Gudino S.
Martignon S.
Perez V.
Zambrano O.
Zelada D.
Salgado P.
Squass A.
Bordoni N.E.
Publisher(s)
Associacao Brasileira de Divulgacao Cientifica
Abstract
To assess the impact of oral conditions on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in infants in ten Latin America countries (LAC). A cross-sectional study was conducted with 930 pairs of 1 -to-3-year-old children/parents from 10 LAC, as a complementary study of the Research Observatory for Dental Caries of the Latin American Region. The scale ECOHIS, previously tested and valid in ten countries, was applied to parents/caregivers of children to measure OHRQoL. Statistical analysis included descriptive data analysis and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA-One-Way) were performed to compare age groups with OHRQoL. Bootstrapping procedures (1000 re-samplings; 95%CI Bca) were performed. The mean scores of the 'Child Impact' section in the LAC was 4.0(±8.3), in the ‘Family Impact’ section was 2.0(±4.0), and in overall ECOHIS score was 6.0(± 12.0). In the ‘Child Impact’ section, Argentina 10.0(+2.4) and Venezuela 17.8(± 17.5) demonstrated mean scores higher than the LAC total data. In the ‘Family Impact’ section, the countries with higher mean scores were Argentina 4.9(±2.0), Ecuador 2.1 (±3.1) and Venezuela 7.9(±7.8). In the overall ECOHIS score, Argentina 15.1 (±4.1) and Venezuela 25.7(±25.2) has higher mean scores than the values of LAC. There is an association between children's age and parents' report of impact on the OHRQoL (p<0.001). Three-year-olds had a higher mean when compared to one- and two-year-olds, both in the Impact on the Child and Impact on the Family (p<0.001) sections, as well as in the overall ECOHIS (p<0.001). In conclusion, there are differences in OHRQoL among Latin American countries, impacting older children more significantly.
Start page
61
End page
67
Volume
33
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Odontología, Cirugía oral, Medicina oral
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85129393087
PubMed ID
Source
Brazilian Dental Journal
ISSN of the container
01036440
Sponsor(s)
This study was jointly supported by the Regional Development Program of the International Association for Dental Research (RDP-IADR), together with the collaboration of Latin American Dental Schools: Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina), Universidad San Martin de Porres (Peru).Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and Estadual de Londrina (Brazil), Universidad del El Bosque (Colombia), Universidad de Talca (Chile), Universidad de Costa Rica (Costa Rica), Universidad Internacional (Ecuador), Universidad de la Republica (Uruguay), Universidades de Zulia y Central (Venezuela) and the Ministry of Health of Panama.
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