Pediatric patients' reasons for visiting dentists in all WHO regions
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Pediatric patients' reasons for visiting dentists in all WHO regions. / Bekes, Katrin; John, Mike T; Rener-Sitar, Ksenija; Al-Harthy, Mohammad H; Michelotti, Ambra; Reissmann, Daniel R; Nikolovska, Julijana; Sanivarapu, Sahityaveera; Lawal, Folake B; List, Thomas; Peršić Kiršić, Sanja; Strajnić, Ljiljana; Casassus, Rodrigo; Baba, Kazuyoshi; Schimmel, Martin; Amuasi, Ama; Jayasinghe, Ruwan D; Strujić-Porović, Sanela; Peck, Christopher C; Xie, Han; Haugaard Bendixen, Karina; Simancas-Pallares, Miguel Angel; Perez-Franco, Eka; Naghibi Sistani, Mohammad Mehdi; Valerio, Patricia; Letunova, Natalia; Nurelhuda, Nazik; Bartlett, David W; Oluwafemi, Ikeoluwa A; Dghoughi, Saloua; Ferreira, Joao N A R; Chantaracherd, Pathamas; Sekulić, Stella.
In: HEALTH QUAL LIFE OUT, Vol. 19, No. 1, 13.06.2021, p. 165.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Pediatric patients' reasons for visiting dentists in all WHO regions
AU - Bekes, Katrin
AU - John, Mike T
AU - Rener-Sitar, Ksenija
AU - Al-Harthy, Mohammad H
AU - Michelotti, Ambra
AU - Reissmann, Daniel R
AU - Nikolovska, Julijana
AU - Sanivarapu, Sahityaveera
AU - Lawal, Folake B
AU - List, Thomas
AU - Peršić Kiršić, Sanja
AU - Strajnić, Ljiljana
AU - Casassus, Rodrigo
AU - Baba, Kazuyoshi
AU - Schimmel, Martin
AU - Amuasi, Ama
AU - Jayasinghe, Ruwan D
AU - Strujić-Porović, Sanela
AU - Peck, Christopher C
AU - Xie, Han
AU - Haugaard Bendixen, Karina
AU - Simancas-Pallares, Miguel Angel
AU - Perez-Franco, Eka
AU - Naghibi Sistani, Mohammad Mehdi
AU - Valerio, Patricia
AU - Letunova, Natalia
AU - Nurelhuda, Nazik
AU - Bartlett, David W
AU - Oluwafemi, Ikeoluwa A
AU - Dghoughi, Saloua
AU - Ferreira, Joao N A R
AU - Chantaracherd, Pathamas
AU - Sekulić, Stella
PY - 2021/6/13
Y1 - 2021/6/13
N2 - BACKGROUND: Oral Function, Orofacial Pain, Orofacial Appearance, and Psychosocial Impact are the four oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) dimensions (4D) or areas in which oral disorders impact pediatric patients. Using their dentists' assessment, the study aimed to evaluate whether pediatric dental patients' oral health concerns fit into the 4D of the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) construct.METHODS: Dentists who treat children from 32 countries and all WHO regions were selected from a web-based survey of 1580 international dentists. Dentists were asked if their pediatric patients with current or future oral health concerns fit into the 4D of the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) construct. Proportions of all pediatric patients' oral health problems and prevention needs were computed.FINDINGS: Data from 101 dentists treating children only and 523 dentists treating children and adults were included. For 90% of pediatric patients, their current oral health problems fit well in the four OHRQoL dimensions. For 91% of oral health problems they intended to prevent in the future were related to these dimensions as well. Both numbers increased to at least 96% when experts analyzed dentists´ explanations of why some oral health problems would not fit these four categories.CONCLUSIONS: The study revealed the four fundamental components of dental patients, i.e., the four OHRQoL dimensions (Oral Function, Orofacial Pain, Orofacial Appearance, and Psychosocial Impact) are also applicable for pediatric patients, regardless of whether they have current or future oral health concerns, and should be considered when measuring OHRQoL in the pediatric dental patient population.
AB - BACKGROUND: Oral Function, Orofacial Pain, Orofacial Appearance, and Psychosocial Impact are the four oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) dimensions (4D) or areas in which oral disorders impact pediatric patients. Using their dentists' assessment, the study aimed to evaluate whether pediatric dental patients' oral health concerns fit into the 4D of the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) construct.METHODS: Dentists who treat children from 32 countries and all WHO regions were selected from a web-based survey of 1580 international dentists. Dentists were asked if their pediatric patients with current or future oral health concerns fit into the 4D of the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) construct. Proportions of all pediatric patients' oral health problems and prevention needs were computed.FINDINGS: Data from 101 dentists treating children only and 523 dentists treating children and adults were included. For 90% of pediatric patients, their current oral health problems fit well in the four OHRQoL dimensions. For 91% of oral health problems they intended to prevent in the future were related to these dimensions as well. Both numbers increased to at least 96% when experts analyzed dentists´ explanations of why some oral health problems would not fit these four categories.CONCLUSIONS: The study revealed the four fundamental components of dental patients, i.e., the four OHRQoL dimensions (Oral Function, Orofacial Pain, Orofacial Appearance, and Psychosocial Impact) are also applicable for pediatric patients, regardless of whether they have current or future oral health concerns, and should be considered when measuring OHRQoL in the pediatric dental patient population.
U2 - 10.1186/s12955-021-01801-0
DO - 10.1186/s12955-021-01801-0
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 34120623
VL - 19
SP - 165
JO - HEALTH QUAL LIFE OUT
JF - HEALTH QUAL LIFE OUT
SN - 1477-7525
IS - 1
ER -
