Gopalan Thiruvenkadam, Asokan Sharath, John J Baby, Geetha Priya P R
Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Vinayaga Missions Sankarachariyar Dental College, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.
Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, KSR Institute of Dental Science and Research, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, India.
J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent. 2018 Oct-Dec;36(4):339-346. doi: 10.4103/JISPPD.JISPPD_217_18.
The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of school absenteeism, academic performances, and self-esteem of school-going children on their oral health status. Materials and.
The study sample included 2014 children aged 12-15 years from India. Rosenberg self-esteem scale was used to assess the self-esteem of the children. Data on school performance, homework completion, and absenteeism were obtained from the school authorities and parents. Clinical examination for each child was done to assess the Decayed, Missed, and Filled Teeth (DMFT) and Oral Hygiene Index-Simplified (OHI-S) scores. The data obtained were statistically analyzed using Pearson's Chi-square test, Mann-Whitney test, and Kruskal-Wallis test with the aid of SPSS software. Odds ratio was calculated with 95% confidence interval. P ≤0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Oral health had a significant association with school absenteeism and homework completion. School absenteeism was significantly associated with dental caries (P = 0.007) and poor oral hygiene (P = 0.001), whereas homework completion was significantly associated with dental caries alone (P = 0.002). There was no significant association between variables like self-esteem, first language, mathematics, and DMFT/OHI-S score.
School records such as absenteeism data and homework completion can be used as proxy measures of the oral health status in children.
本研究旨在评估在校儿童的缺课情况、学业成绩和自尊对其口腔健康状况的影响。材料与方法：研究样本包括来自印度的2014名12至15岁的儿童。采用罗森伯格自尊量表评估儿童的自尊。从学校当局和家长处获取有关学业成绩、作业完成情况和缺课的数据。对每个儿童进行临床检查，以评估龋失补牙数（DMFT）和简化口腔卫生指数（OHI-S）得分。借助SPSS软件，使用Pearson卡方检验、曼-惠特尼检验和克鲁斯卡尔-沃利斯检验对获得的数据进行统计分析。计算比值比并给出95%置信区间。P≤0.05被认为具有统计学意义。结果：口腔健康与缺课情况和作业完成情况存在显著关联。缺课与龋齿（P = 0.007）和口腔卫生差（P = 0.001）显著相关，而作业完成情况仅与龋齿显著相关（P = 0.002）。自尊、第一语言、数学成绩等变量与DMFT/OHI-S得分之间无显著关联。结论：缺课数据和作业完成情况等学校记录可作为儿童口腔健康状况的替代指标。
