Abstract

MARCELO-INGUNZA, Jesús; CASTILLO-LOPEZ, César del; EVANGELISTA-ALVA, Alexis  and  SANCHEZ-BORJAS, Pablo. Oral Health Related Quality of Life in school children of urban-marginal area . Rev. Estomatol. Herediana [online]. 2015, vol.25, n.3, pp.194-204. ISSN 1019-4355.

Objectives: To measure the impact of oral conditions on Quality of Life Related to Health (OHRQoL) in schoolchildren aged 11-12 years, at the urban-marginal area, Pachacutec-Ventanilla, Callao, Lima, in 2013. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study of 132 students of the school "Mártir José Olaya". The Spanish (Peru) Child-OIDP was used to assess the impacts of Oral conditions on daily Performances. Results:100% of the students interviewed reported at least one affected daily performance. The average self-perceived oralc onditions as the cause of the problem was 4.52 ± 1.96 conditions. The main cause of impact was "Toothache" (72.7%). "Eating" had the highest prevalence of impact (81.1%). Most impacts were "low intensity". The highest average severity of the impact was on performance Eating (1.34 ± 0.94). The Extent of the impact reached an average of3.92 ± 1.75 impacted performances. The Child-OIDP overall index was 9.71± 7.63. Conclusions: The study showed that oral conditions are affecting the quality of life for all schoolchildren studied in Pachacutec-Ventanilla, mostly in "Eating", mainly because of "Toothache".

Keywords : Quality of life; Child-OIDP; marginal-urban; OHRQoL.

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