Impact of Dental Treatment on the Perception of Children and Parents on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life

Flaviane Alves Maciel Rosa,Taís De Souza Barbosa,Carlos Henrique Alves De Rezende

doi:10.4034/pboci.2018.181.90

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the perception and agreement between of child and parent’s reports about oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of children aged 8-10 who were submitted to dental treatment and whose caregivers were (Group 1) or were not (Group 2) submitted to dental treatment. Material and Methods: Dental caries experience and child (Child Perceptions Questionnaire - CPQ 8-10 ) and parent’s (Parental-Caregiver Perceptions Questionnaire - P-CPQ) perceptions of OHRQoL were before and after the dental treatment. The collected data were analyzed using the BioEstat 5.3 and SPSS 18.0 statistical packages, considering α = 0.05. The Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney tests, respectively, were used to verify the difference in mean DMFT / dmft indexes and CPQ 8-10 scores before and after treatment in each group. Results: In Group 2, there was a significant increase in mean DMFT after treatment. Both groups presented lower values in the total CPQ 8-10 score after treatment. In pre-treatment, it was observed more positive perception of OHRQoL for parents than for children in both groups. In contrast, in post-treatment, children reported better OHRQoL than parents in both groups. In Group 1, there was significant agreement between children and parents at pre and post-treatment, while in Group 2 significant agreement was observed only at post-treatment. Conclusion: Children presented a more positive perception of OHRQoL at post-treatment, as well as when compared to those parents at this time. There was greater agreement between children and caregivers who accepted to undergo dental treatment.

Highlights

Oral-health related quality of life is a multidimensional measure that indicates the extent to which the individual's routine is affected by oral conditions [1]
The present study aimed to evaluate the perception and agreement between of child and parent’s reports about oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of children aged 8-10 who were submitted to dental treatment in a Basic Family Health Unit (UBSF) and whose caregivers were or were not submitted to dental treatment
Discussion other studies have evaluated the perception of children and / or parents on the OHRQoL of children undergoing dental treatment [17,18,19], this is the first study to evaluate the perception and agreement between children and parents when parents are submitted to dental treatment

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Introduction

Oral-health related quality of life is a multidimensional measure that indicates the extent to which the individual's routine is affected by oral conditions [1]. Of the 407 schoolchildren aged 9-12 years enrolled in the public school network of Nova Friburgo, Brazil (seven urban and three rural schools), 1/3 presented need for orthodontic treatment [5]. In this context, the assessment of the impact of oral conditions on the child's daily life is important, due to functional and psychosocial aspects, and for the impairment in the development and achievements of these individuals. In order to evaluate the children's perception of the impact of oral conditions on their physical and psychosocial functioning, measures that consider the cognitive development of each age group were developed for children aged 8-10 (Child Perceptions Questionnaires - CPQ8-10) and aged 11-14 years (CPQ11-14) [7]. The Parental-Caregiver Perceptions Questionnaire (PCPQ) was developed [11] and validated for Portuguese language [12] for use in parents / guardians

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