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Impact of oral conditions of children/adolescents with Down syndrome on their families’ quality of life
Author(s) -
Carrada Camila Faria,
Scalioni Flávia Almeida Ribeiro,
Abreu Lucas Guimarães,
Ribeiro Rosangela Almeida,
Paiva Saul Martins
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/scd.12444
Subject(s) - medicine , malocclusion , oral health , quality of life (healthcare) , poisson regression , dentistry , population , environmental health , nursing
Aims To assess the impact of oral conditions among children/adolescents with Down syndrome (DS) on the Oral Health‐related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) of their families in comparison with a group without DS. Methods and results Families of 144 children/adolescents with DS aged 4‐18 years were compared with families of individuals without DS. Dental caries experience (DMFT/dmft), clinical consequences of untreated dental caries (PUFA/pufa), gingival bleeding (GBI), visible plaque (VPI), and malocclusion were evaluated. Parents/caregivers answered the Family Impact Scale (FIS) and questionnaires on sociodemographic conditions and the health of children/adolescents. Data analysis included chi‐square test and Poisson regression. There was no difference between groups regarding the impact of the children's/adolescents' oral condition on their families’ OHRQoL for all domains and the total FIS score ( P > 0.05). A negative impact on the OHRQoL of families of children/adolescents with DS was determined by dental caries (PR = 3.95, CI = 2.09‐7.46), clinical consequences of untreated dental caries (PR = 1.83, CI = 1.18‐2.84), defined malocclusion (PR = 2.75, CI = 1.23‐6.13), and severe malocclusion (PR = 2.82, CI = 1.02‐7.74). Conclusion There is no difference on the OHRQoL of families of children/adolescents with and without DS. Dental caries experience, clinical consequences of untreated dental caries, defined malocclusion, and severe malocclusion determined the negative impact on the OHRQoL of families of children/adolescents with DS.