Singh Omveer, Reddy Vamsi Krishna, Sharma Lokesh, Pradhan Devina, Srivastava Rahul
Department of Public Health Dentistry, King George Medical University, Lucknow, UP, India.
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, UP, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Feb 28;9(2):1177-1181. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_956_19. eCollection 2020 Feb.
Gingivitis is codified as the most familiar oral disease in children and teenagers. Several studies reported that most of the children and adolescents have negative impact on quality of life (QoL) due to gingivitis or destructive periodontal disease or poor oral health status. Existing literature in this context on Indian population is sparse. Hence, this study has been shouldered to find out possible coalition between gingivitis and COHRQoL.
This study desires to evaluate the confederation of gingivitis and child oral health-related quality of life (COHRQoL) among school children of Lucknow.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted in school going children with the age group of 11-14 years, with a representative sample of 400 students in Lucknow city. For data on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL), a predesigned questionnaire (CPQ11-14) was used for demographic information and questions on oral symptoms, functional limitations, emotional, and social well-being. Gingival status was evaluated by Gingival index (Loe and Silness 1963).
QoL was found to be moderately affected in children with severe gingivitis as compared with children with no gingivitis, mild, and moderate gingivitis, but this difference was found to be statistically nonsignificant ( = 0.896).
The present findings indicated that the existence of substantial levels of gingivitis might be fatalistically related with how children perceive their oral health and daily life.
牙龈炎被归类为儿童和青少年中最常见的口腔疾病。多项研究报告称，大多数儿童和青少年因牙龈炎、破坏性牙周疾病或不良的口腔健康状况而对生活质量（QoL）产生负面影响。在这方面，关于印度人群的现有文献很少。因此，本研究旨在找出牙龈炎与儿童口腔健康相关生活质量（COHRQoL）之间可能存在的关联。
本研究旨在评估勒克瑙市学童中牙龈炎与儿童口腔健康相关生活质量（COHRQoL）之间的关联。
对年龄在11 - 14岁的在校儿童进行了横断面调查，在勒克瑙市选取了400名具有代表性的学生样本。对于口腔健康相关生活质量（OHRQoL）的数据，使用了一份预先设计的问卷（CPQ11 - 14）来收集人口统计学信息以及关于口腔症状、功能限制、情绪和社会幸福感的问题。牙龈状况通过牙龈指数（Loe和Silness，1963年）进行评估。
与无牙龈炎、轻度和中度牙龈炎的儿童相比，发现重度牙龈炎儿童的生活质量受到中度影响，但这种差异在统计学上无显著意义（ = 0.896）。
目前的研究结果表明，高水平牙龈炎的存在可能与儿童对自身口腔健康和日常生活的认知存在宿命论关系。
