Department of Preventive and Social Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
J Intellect Disabil. 2023 Mar;27(1):238-249. doi: 10.1177/17446295211048737. Epub 2022 Feb 11.
The aim of this study was to investigate the oral health status and quality of life (QOL) of the parental caregivers of individuals with Down syndrome (DS), and to evaluate whether there is an association between these variables. The sample of this cross-sectional study was composed by parental caregivers of children with DS (CCDS) and parental caregivers of children without DS (CNDSC). Oral examination was undertaken and a questionnaire was given to participants. QOL was evaluated by WHOQOL-Bref. CCDS presented a higher number of dental prosthesis users and higher gingival bleeding index compared to CNDSC. When oral health was associated with QOL, the use of dental prosthesis was associated with physical domain and the variables having chronic disease and family income were associated with the social domain for both caregivers. The results suggest that caregivers of children with DS have similar oral health and QOL compared to caregivers of children without DS. In both caregivers, oral health status is associated with QOL.
本研究旨在调查唐氏综合征（DS）患者家长照顾者的口腔健康状况和生活质量（QOL），并评估这些变量之间是否存在关联。这项横断面研究的样本由唐氏综合征儿童的家长照顾者（CCDS）和无唐氏综合征儿童的家长照顾者（CNDSC）组成。对参与者进行口腔检查和问卷调查。使用 WHOQOL-Bref 评估 QOL。与 CNDSC 相比，CCDS 中使用牙托的人数更多，牙龈出血指数更高。当口腔健康与 QOL 相关时，牙托的使用与生理领域相关，而患有慢性疾病和家庭收入等变量与两个照顾者的社会领域相关。结果表明，与无唐氏综合征儿童的家长照顾者相比，唐氏综合征儿童的家长照顾者具有相似的口腔健康和 QOL。在这两个照顾者中，口腔健康状况都与 QOL 相关。
