Damarasingh Mareeshty, Marcenes Wagner, Stansfeld Stephen A, Bernabé Eduardo
a Division of Population and Patient Health , King's College London Dental Institute at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas Hospitals , London , UK.
b Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London , London , UK.
Acta Odontol Scand. 2018 Oct;76(7):504-508. doi: 10.1080/00016357.2018.1444200. Epub 2018 Feb 23.
To explore the association between illicit drug use and traumatic dental injuries (TDI) among adolescents.
We used data from 618 adolescents who participated in Phases I and III of Research with East Adolescents Community Health Survey (RELACHS), a longitudinal school-based study of adolescents in East London. Illicit drug use was collected when participants were 11-12 and 15-16 years old (Phases I and III, respectively). Clinical examinations for TDI were conducted in Phase III only. The association of lifetime prevalence of illicit drug use at ages 11-12 and 15-16 years with TDI was evaluated in crude and adjusted binary logistic regression models.
Overall, 6.3% and 25.4% of adolescents reported having ever used illicit drugs at ages 11-12 (Phase I) and 15-16 years (Phase III), respectively. Also, 8.7% of adolescents were found to have TDI at age 15-16 years. There was no significant association between lifetime prevalence of illicit drug use reported at age 11-12 years (Odds Ratio: 1.07; 95% Confidence Interval: 0.45-2.54) or age 15-16 years (OR: 1.19; 95%CI: 0.74-1.93) and TDI.
This study found no support for an association between illicit drug use and TDI among adolescents from East London.
探讨青少年中非法药物使用与创伤性牙损伤(TDI)之间的关联。
我们使用了618名青少年的数据,这些青少年参与了东青少年社区健康调查(RELACHS)的第一阶段和第三阶段,这是一项针对东伦敦青少年的基于学校的纵向研究。当参与者分别为11 - 12岁和15 - 16岁时(分别为第一阶段和第三阶段)收集非法药物使用情况。仅在第三阶段进行TDI的临床检查。在未调整和调整后的二元逻辑回归模型中评估11 - 12岁和15 - 16岁时非法药物使用的终生患病率与TDI之间的关联。
总体而言,分别有6.3%和25.4%的青少年报告在11 - 12岁(第一阶段)和15 - 16岁(第三阶段)曾使用过非法药物。此外,发现8.7%的青少年在15 - 16岁时有TDI。11 - 12岁时报告的非法药物使用终生患病率(优势比:1.07;95%置信区间:0.45 - 2.54)或15 - 16岁时(优势比:1.19;95%置信区间:0.74 - 1.93)与TDI之间均无显著关联。
本研究未发现支持东伦敦青少年中非法药物使用与TDI之间存在关联的证据。