Dental caries-related quality of life and socioeconomic status of preschool children, Bauru, SP

Xavier, Angela; Carvalho, Fábio Silva de; Bastos, Roosevelt da Silva; Caldana, Magali de Lourdes; Bastos, José Roberto de Magalhães

Abstract

AIM: To evaluate oral health-related quality of life of preschool children of Bauru, State of São Paulo, Brazil, and associate it with socioeconomic profile of households. METHODS: The sample consisted of 229 preschool children between 3 and 5 years and the dmft (decayed, missing due to caries, filled teeth) index was adopted for assessment children's dental caries in accordance with the standards recommended by the World Health Organization. Questionnaires were used for evaluation oral health-related quality of life (Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale) and socioeconomic profile of parents or guardians of the preschool children. Statistical analysis was performed descriptively by relative and absolute frequencies and by Spearman's correlation and Kruskal-Wallis test (p <0.05). RESULTS: A dmft of 1.65 (± 2.87) and a Sic Index 4.88 (± 3.20) were found, indicating the polarization of dental caries in the studied group. It was verified low influence of oral health on quality of life of the children examined. With respect to socioeconomic classification, 66.38% of families were in the lower middle class. Linear and statistically significant correlation was found between dmft and oral health-related quality of life for the overall score and domains of the questionnaire (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: It was found low influence of oral health on quality of life of the preschool children and the assessment of socioeconomic conditions of the children's families may guide practices aiming to reducing inequalities in the distribution of dental caries in the population.

quality of life; dental caries; oral health

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Tesch FC, Oliveria BH, Leão A. Semantic equivalence of the Brazilian version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale. Cad Saude Publica. 2008; 24: 1897-909.
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Graciano MIG. Evaluation Criteria for Socioeconomic Classification. Serv Social Soc. 1980; 1: 81-103.
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Armfield JM, Spencer AJ, Slade GD. Changing inequalities in the distribution of caries associated with improving child oral health in Australia. J. Public Health Dent. 2009; 69: 125-34.
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Bastos RS, Silva RP, Maia-Junior AF, Carvalho FS, Merlini S, Caldana ML et al. Dental caries profile in Monte Negro, Amazonian state of Rondônia, Brazil, in 2008. J Appl Oral Sci. 2010; 18: 437-41.
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Marmot M. Social determinants of health inequalities. The Lancet. 2005; 365; 1099-104.
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Cortellazzi KL et al. Influence of socioeconomic, clinical and demographic variables on caries experience of preschool children in Piracicaba, SP. Rev Bras Epidemiol. 2009; 12: 490-500.
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Received
29 July 2012
Accepted
28 Nov 2012

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Ferraz MJPC, Queluz DPQ, Alves MC, Santos CCG, Matsui MY. Caries experience associated to social and preventive factors in children of a pastoral community from Limeira-SP. Braz J Oral Sci. 2011; 10: 152-7.

[2] ²
Piovesan CJLF, Guedes RS, Ardenghi TM. Impact of socioeconomic and clinical factors on child oral health-related quality of life (COHRQoL). Qual lLfe Res. 2010; 19: 1359-66.

[3] ³
Locker D. Disparities in oral health-related quality of life in a population of Canadian children. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2007; 35: 348-56.

[4] ⁴
Piovesan C, Batista A, Ferreira FV, Ardenghi TM. Oral health-related quality of life in children: Conceptual issues. Rev Odont Cienc. 2009; 24: 81-5.

[5] ⁵
Koposova N, Widström E, Eisemann M, Koposov R, Eriksen HM. Oral health and quality of life in Norwegian and Russian school children: A pilot study. Stomatologija, BDM J. 2010; 12: 10-6.

[6] ⁶
Jokovic A, et al. Validity and Reliability of a Questionnaire for Measuring Child Oral-health-related Qual Life J Dent Res. 2002; 81: 459-63.

[7] ⁷
Pahel BT, Rozier RG, Slade GD. Paternal perceptions of children's oral health: The Early childhood oral helath impact scale (ECOHIS). Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2007; 5(6). [Cited 2010 Sept 10] Available from: www.hqlo.com/content/5/1/6.

[8] ⁸
Municipal Department of Education. The municipal Government of Bauru. [Cited 2012 Aug 20] Available from: http://www.bauru.sp.gov.br/secretarias/sec_educacao/infantil.aspx.

[9] ⁹
Word Health Organization. Oral health surveys, basics methods. 4th ed. Geneve: WHO; 1997.

[10] ¹⁰
Tesch FC, Oliveria BH, Leão A. Semantic equivalence of the Brazilian version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale. Cad Saude Publica. 2008; 24: 1897-909.

[11] ¹¹
Graciano MIG. Evaluation Criteria for Socioeconomic Classification. Serv Social Soc. 1980; 1: 81-103.

[12] ¹²
Nishi M, Stjernswärd J, Carlsson P, Bratthall D. Caries experience of some countries and areas expressed by the Significance Caries Index. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2002; 30: 296-301.

[13] ¹³
Smith GE. Tooth decay in the developing world. N Z Med J. 1987; 100: 669-70.

[14] ¹⁴
Armfield JM, Spencer AJ, Slade GD. Changing inequalities in the distribution of caries associated with improving child oral health in Australia. J. Public Health Dent. 2009; 69: 125-34.

[15] ¹⁵
Bastos RS, Silva RP, Maia-Junior AF, Carvalho FS, Merlini S, Caldana ML et al. Dental caries profile in Monte Negro, Amazonian state of Rondônia, Brazil, in 2008. J Appl Oral Sci. 2010; 18: 437-41.

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Hobdell M, Petersen PE, Clarkson J, Johnson N. Global goals for oral health 2020. Int Dent J. 2003; 53: 285-8.

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Narvai PC, Frazão P, Roncalli AG, Antunes JLF. Dental caries in Brazil: decline, polarization, inequality and social exclusion. Pan Am J Public Health. 2006; 19: 385-93.

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Sales Peres SHC, Carvalho FS, Carvalho CP, Bastos JRM, Lauris JRP. Polarization of dental caries in teen-agers in the Southwest of the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Cien Saude Colet. 2008; 13(Sup 2): 2155-62.

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Barbosa TS, Gavião MBD. Oral health-related quality of life in children: Part II. Effects of clinical oral health status. A systematic review. Intern J Dent Hyg. 2008; 6: 100-7.

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Peres KG, Peres MA, Araujo CLP, Menezes AMB, Hallal PC. Social and dental status along the life course and oral health impacts in adolescents: a population based birth cohort. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2009; 7: 95.

[22] ²²
Abanto J, et al. Impact of oral diseases and disorders on oral health-related quality of life of preschool children. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2011; 39: 105-14.

[23] ²³
Martins-Júnior PA, Ramos Jorge J, Paiva SM, Marques LS, Ramos-Jorge ML. Validations of the Brazilian version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS). Cad Saude Publica. 2012; 28: 367-74.

[24] ²⁴
Li S, Malkinson S, Veronneau J, Allison PJ. Testing responsivenss to change for early childhood oral health impact scale (ECOHIS). Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 2008; 36: 542-8.

[25] ²⁵
Marmot M. Social determinants of health inequalities. The Lancet. 2005; 365; 1099-104.

[26] ²⁶
Cortellazzi KL et al. Influence of socioeconomic, clinical and demographic variables on caries experience of preschool children in Piracicaba, SP. Rev Bras Epidemiol. 2009; 12: 490-500.

[27] ²⁷
Meneghim MC, Kozlowski FC, Pereira AC, Ambrosano GMB, Meneghim ZMAP. A socioeconomic classification and the discussion related to prevalence of dental caries and dental fluorosis. Cien Saude Colet. 2007; 12: 523-9.

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