Srilatha Adepu, Doshi Dolar, Reddy Madupu Padma, Kulkarni Suhas, Reddy Bandari Srikanth
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Panineeya Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent. 2016 Apr-Jun;34(2):128-33. doi: 10.4103/0970-4388.180419.
Oral health has strong biological, psychological, and social projections, which influence the quality of life. Thus, developing a common vision and a comprehensive approach to address children's social, emotional, and behavioral health needs is an integral part of the child and adolescent's overall health.
To assess and compare the behavior and emotional difficulties among 15-year-olds and to correlate it with their dentition status based on gender. Study Settings and Design: A cross-sectional questionnaire study among 15-year-old schoolgoing children in six private schools in Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad, India.
The behavior and emotional difficulties were assessed using self-reported Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The dentition status was recorded by the criteria given by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Basic Oral Health Survey Assessment Form (1997).
Independent Student's t-test was used for comparison among the variables. Correlation between scales of SDQ and dentition status was done using Karl Pearson's correlation coefficient method.
Girls reported more emotional problems and good prosocial behavior and males had more conduct problems, hyperactivity, peer problems, and total difficulty problems. Total decayed-missing-filled teeth (DMFT) and decayed component were significantly and positively correlated with total difficulty, emotional symptom, and conduct problems scale while missing component was correlated with the hyperactivity scale and filled component with prosocial behavior.
DMFT and its components showed an association with all scales of SDQ except for peer problem scale. Thus, the oral health of children was significantly influenced by behavioral and emotional difficulties; so, changes in the mental health status will affect the oral health of children.
口腔健康具有强大的生物学、心理学和社会影响，会影响生活质量。因此，形成一种共同的理念和全面的方法来满足儿童的社会、情感和行为健康需求，是儿童和青少年整体健康不可或缺的一部分。
评估和比较15岁青少年的行为和情绪问题，并根据性别将其与他们的牙列状况相关联。研究背景与设计：对印度海得拉巴迪尔苏克纳加尔的六所私立学校中15岁的在校儿童进行横断面问卷调查研究。
使用自我报告的长处与困难问卷（SDQ）评估行为和情绪问题。牙列状况按照世界卫生组织（WHO）在《基本口腔健康调查评估表》（1997年）中给出的标准进行记录。
使用独立样本t检验对变量进行比较。SDQ量表与牙列状况之间的相关性采用卡尔·皮尔逊相关系数法进行分析。
女孩报告的情绪问题更多，亲社会行为良好，而男孩的品行问题、多动、同伴问题和总体困难问题更多。龋失补牙总数（DMFT）和龋坏部分与总体困难、情绪症状和品行问题量表呈显著正相关，缺失部分与多动量表相关，充填部分与亲社会行为相关。
DMFT及其组成部分与SDQ的所有量表均有关联，但与同伴问题量表无关。因此，儿童的行为和情绪问题对口腔健康有显著影响；所以，心理健康状况的变化会影响儿童的口腔健康。
