Abstract
Objetivos: Determinar Impacto de las Condiciones Orales sobre la Calidad de Vida Relacionada a Salud Bucal (CVRSB) en escolares de dos escuelas urbanas, Cuenca – Ecuador el año 2015. Material y métodos: Estudio transversal, que valoró a 208 escolares de 11 y 12 años, de las escuelas Ezequiel Crespo y Ulises Chacón, de Cuenca, Ecuador. Se determinó un promedio de edad de 11,48 ± 0,501, donde 159 (76,44%) fueron varones y 49 (23,56%) fueron mujeres, se aplicó el instrumento Child Oral Impacts on Daily Performance Index (Child OIDP Index) en español, versión validada en Perú que permite evaluar los impactos de 17 condiciones orales sobre 8 desempeños diarios. Resultados: Las prevalencias de las condiciones orales autopercibidas como problema fueron: posición de dientes (54%) y diente cariado (52%), los impactos en desempeños diarios más afectados fueron: sonreír (38%) y comer (36%). Conclusiones: El Índice Child-OIDP Index promedio global fue de 9,79 ± 7,02, considerado alto.
Highlights
In Ecuador one of the goals established by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Dental Federation (FDI) for the year 2000 was that 50% of the population at the age of 6 years should be free of cavities
Quality of Life is defined as: “the perception of the individual about his position in life within the cultural context and the value system in which he lives and with respect to his goals, expectations, norms and concerns” [5], being the best way to measure and evaluate this relationship through a multidisciplinary approach [5], using instruments that integrate clinical and psychometric aspects through analog scales designed to measure HRQOL in children such as the Child OIDP index, instrument developed by Gherunpong et al, [6,7]; validated in several countries and languages [8-11] is an instrument that relates the impact of 17 oral conditions, on 8 habitual performances that characterize well-being and HRQOL in adolescents [6,7] )
It was determined that of the 17 oral conditions self-perceived as problems, (Frequency of schoolchildren with one or more impacts of oral conditions) the most frequent conditions were: Position of teeth with 113 schoolchildren (54.3%), decayed tooth 109 schoolchildren (52%) and with the same number of sensitive tooth and color of the teeth with 97 schoolchildren (47%); It is important to mention that 90 schoolchildren manifested gum bleeding (43%); while the less frequent ones were: tooth fracture and tooth loss; likewise none reported self-perceived deformity of the mouth
Summary
In Ecuador one of the goals established by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Dental Federation (FDI) for the year 2000 was that 50% of the population at the age of 6 years should be free of cavities. Oral health and its deterioration have been related to emotional and social perceptions In this sense, Quality of Life is defined as: “the perception of the individual about his position in life within the cultural context and the value system in which he lives and with respect to his goals, expectations, norms and concerns” [5], being the best way to measure and evaluate this relationship through a multidisciplinary approach [5], using instruments that integrate clinical and psychometric aspects through analog scales designed to measure HRQOL in children such as the Child OIDP index, instrument developed by Gherunpong et al, [6,7]; validated in several countries and languages [8-11] is an instrument that relates the impact of 17 oral conditions, on 8 habitual performances that characterize well-being and HRQOL in adolescents [6,7] )
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