Abstract
Oral Impacts on Daily Performance (OIDP) assesses impacts of oral health conditions that affect daily activities of an individual and is commonly used as oral health related quality of life (OHRQOL) indicator. The aim of this study was to evaluate OHRQOL in Turkish children attending a dental school by using Child Oral Impacts on Daily Performance (C-OIDP) questionnaire.
Methods: This research was approved by Marmara University Institute of Medical Sciences, Noninvasive Clinical Researches Board of Ethics (22.02.2016-24). All relevant information and consent forms were signed by the parents of the patients. The survey was conducted during the period April 2015-January 2016 and information was collected on 72 children aged 8-14 years, attending the dental school in Istanbul, Turkey. A modified questionnaire including sociodemographic information was used. C-OIDP has been validated in Turkey (Can S., Turkish Adaptation of an Index in Foreign Language: Child Oral Impact on Daily Performance. EÜ Dişhek Fak Derg 2009; 30: 97- 103.) Oral impact of daily performance was obtained by adding scores for eight items. During the past 6 months how often have problems arisen with their mouth and teeth which caused them difficulties with 1) eating, 2) speaking, 3) cleaning teeth, 4) sleeping, 5) smiling without embarrassment, 6) emotional status, 7) enjoying social contact and 8) doing homework. Each impact score was calculated by multiplying the frequency (0 to 3) and severity (0 to 3). Then, the scores of the eight performances were summed. Finally, the overall score was the sum divided by 72 (maximum possible score) and multiplied with 100 to give a percentage score. A child can have no oral impact (score = 0) or maximum oral impacts (score = 100).
Results: 76 % of children had one or more oral impacts. The mean score of OIDP was 9.16±11.12. Eating was the most common performance affected (n=39, 54%). The prevalence of oral impacts was high for eating and cleaning teeth and low for doing homework and social contact performances.
Conclusion: This pilot study revealed that oral impacts on quality of life are prevalent among children attending a University dental clinic for treatment. The impacts are mainly related to difficulty eating. Further longitudinal studies should be performed to better understand OHRQoL measures in children.
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