Parental perceptions of the oral health‐related quality of life of autistic children in Saudi Arabia

Pani, Sharat Chandra; Mubaraki, Sarah; Ahmed, Yasmine Tarek; AlTurki, Rana Yousef; Almahfouz, Sarah Fahad

doi:10.1111/j.1754-4505.2012.00294.x

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“…Section 2 of the questionnaire focuses on the signs and symptoms the child experiences due to his oral health condition. The mean score was 19.70 (SD 8.79), which compares very well with that reported in another study using the same tool (21.02 ± 18.14) [23]. Section 3 of the questionnaire focuses on the effects of oral health status on children's feelings and everyday activities while section 4 focuses on the effects of oral health on parents and other family members.…”

Section: Oral Health and Quality Of Lifesupporting

confidence: 71%

“…More recently, a number of oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) scales have been developed and validated [23]. As children-very young children, in particular-are often not reliable sources of information for medical purposes (e.g., diagnosis), parents are relied on as informants for measuring child OHRQoL [22].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Improving Oral Health Status of Children in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

Baghdadi

2014

Dentistry Journal

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This comprehensive community health intervention aimed to improve the oral health and reduce the incidence of dental caries in Tabuk schoolchildren. The program supports the public health pyramid that provides a framework to improve health and included creating and evaluating a school oral health surveillance system, applying fluoride varnish and dental sealants on high-and medium-caries risk children, and providing treatment for existing diseases. In a pilot phase, 48 children (26 males 22 females; mean age 6.42; dmft 9.33, Decayed, Missing, or Filled Primary and Permanent Teeth (DMFT) 3.27) received the dental services, both treatment and prevention. Three hundred seventyeight composite resin or resin-modified light-cured glass ionomer restorations were placed. One-hundred and eighteen teeth received pulp therapy (pulpotomy or pulpectomy), ten of which received stainless steel crowns. A total of 72 teeth were extracted due to caries. To understand the effects of dental disease on children, as perceived by parents, an oral healthrelated quality of life survey was completed and analyzed. Results found an underestimation of the role the teeth play, particularly primary teeth, in the general health and wellbeing of the child. The program's main evaluation effort focused on the process and outcome objectives, including the number of children received care, number of teeth received restorations and sealants, and number of children received fluoride varnish, etc. Analyzing the effect of the program on oral hygiene revealed an improvement in oral health, as a direct result of oral health educational sessions and one-to-one counseling. There is an urgent need to expand the program to include all primary schools. OPEN ACCESS Dent. J. 2014, 2 23

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Section: Oral Health and Quality Of Lifesupporting

confidence: 71%

Section: Pilot Program Implementation and Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Improving Oral Health Status of Children in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

Baghdadi

2014

Dentistry Journal

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“…Approximately one-third of the studies considered for inclusion [4,25,26,28,32,33,38,43], [47,48,50] were published in 2013, while eight [14,21,27,29,31,34,35,83] and six papers [15,22,30,40,44,52] were published in 2012 and 2011 respectively. Aside from one paper published in 2005 [49], there were no papers that pre-dated 2007.…”

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A systematic review of the impact of parental socio-economic status and home environment characteristics on children’s oral health related quality of life

Kumar¹,

Kroon²,

Lalloo³

2014

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Childhood circumstances such as socio-economic status and family structure have been found to influence psychological, psychosocial attributes and Oral Health Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) in children. Therefore, the aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the published literature to assess the influence of parental Socio-Economic Status (SES) and home environment on children’s OHRQoL. A systematic search was conducted in August 2013 using PubMed, Medline via OVID, CINAHL Plus via EBSCO, and Cochrane databases. Studies that have analysed the effect of parental characteristics (SES, family environment, family structure, number of siblings, household crowding, parents’ age, and parents’ oral health literacy) on children’s OHRQoL were included. Quality assessment of the articles was done by the Effective Public Health Practice Project’s Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative studies. Database search retrieved a total of 2,849 titles after removing the duplicates, 36 articles were found to be relevant. Most of the studies were conducted on Brazilian children and were published in recent two years. Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale and Children’s Perception Questionnaire11-14 were the instruments of choice in preschool and school aged children respectively. Findings from majority of the studies suggest that the children from families with high income, parental education and family economy had better OHRQoL. Mothers’ age, family structure, household crowding and presence of siblings were significant predictors of children’s OHRQoL. However, definitive conclusions from the studies reviewed are not possible due to the differences in the study population, parental characteristics considered, methods used and statistical tests performed.

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“…In our study the father's level of education was found to be significantly associated with the dental caries experience in their children. Other two studies [15]; have found that the mother's level of education influence oral health related quality of life of their children but not the father's [16]. The differences in parental roles in those countries may be responsible for these results.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 91%