Abstract
Background: The social inequalities in oral health have had increasing attention in recent years. The present study aimed to explore the impact of family affluence on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) among Lithuanian adolescents aged 11–18 years. Methods: The cross-sectional, population-based study included a representative sample of 881 adolescents aged 11–18 years (mean = 15.55; SD = 1.51) randomly selected from 20 schools in Lithuania. The schoolchildren completed questionnaires to evaluate their OHRQoL using a Lithuanian version of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire (CPQ). The adolescents’ family affluence was indirectly assessed by inquiring whether they possessed various modern life items. In dental examination, the severity of malocclusion was predetermined by the Index of Complexity, Outcome, and Need (ICON). The relationship among variables was examined employing the negative binomial regression and the path analysis. Results: The sum score of CPQ as a whole and the sum scores of all four domains were significantly associated with family affluence, indicating higher OHRQoL among adolescents from more affluent families. The severity of malocclusion had a significant association with emotional and social well-being domains of OHRQoL only. Conclusion: This study evidences the family affluence based inequality in OHRQoL among Lithuanian adolescents.
Highlights
In Lithuania and internationally, malocclusion is a major contributor to oral health among adolescents [1,2,3]
The present study aims to explore the impact of family affluence on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) among Lithuanian adolescents aged 11–18 years
The models examined in the current study provided a reasonable fit for the data, indicating that they effectively identified the impact of family affluence on OHRQoL among adolescents in Lithuania
Summary
In Lithuania and internationally, malocclusion is a major contributor to oral health among adolescents [1,2,3]. Malocclusion causes a lot of trouble, but pain is not one of them It can result disturbances of oral function such as mastication, swallowing, and speech, as well as can cause psychosocial problems related to impaired dento-facial aesthetics which exert an adverse impact on the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) [4,5,6]. The social inequalities in oral health have had increasing attention in recent years. The present study aimed to explore the impact of family affluence on Oral Health-Related Quality of. Life (OHRQoL) among Lithuanian adolescents aged 11–18 years. Conclusion: This study evidences the family affluence based inequality in OHRQoL among
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