Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Faculdade de Odontologia, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Odontologia, Pelotas, RS, Brasil.
Epidemiol Serv Saude. 2021 Mar 12;30(1):e2020108. doi: 10.1590/S1679-49742021000100011. eCollection 2021.
To analyze association between dental pain, use of dental services and school absenteeism in Brazilian adolescents.
This was a cross-sectional study with data from the National School Health Survey (PeNSE 2015). The study's dependent variable was school absenteeism due to health reasons in the last 12 months. Socioeconomic characteristics, dental pain and use of dental services were the independent variables evaluated. Logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (OR) and respective 95% confidence intervals (95%CI).
Data on 102,072 schoolchildren were included. Absenteeism prevalence due to health reasons was 53.7% (95%CI 53.2;54.3). In the adjusted analysis, there was association between dental pain and school absenteeism (OR=1.35 - 95%CI 1.26;1.45), and an increase in absenteeism occurrence the greater the number of dental visits.
The results suggest that dental pain and frequency of dental visits may be related to school absenteeism.
分析巴西青少年的牙痛、看牙服务利用情况与缺课之间的关系。
这是一项横断面研究，数据来自全国学生健康调查（PeNSE 2015）。本研究的因变量为过去 12 个月因健康原因缺课的情况。评估的自变量包括社会经济特征、牙痛和看牙服务的利用情况。使用 logistic 回归来估计比值比（OR）和相应的 95%置信区间（95%CI）。
共纳入 102072 名学童的数据。因健康原因缺课的患病率为 53.7%（95%CI 53.2；54.3）。在调整分析中，牙痛与缺课之间存在关联（OR=1.35-95%CI 1.26；1.45），看牙次数越多，缺课的发生率越高。
研究结果表明，牙痛和看牙频率可能与缺课有关。
