西班牙梅利利亚移民儿童的口腔健康状况
Oral Health in migrants children in Melilla, Spain.
作者信息
Kizi Gunel, Raquel Barata Ana, Ventura Irene, Flores-Fraile Javier, Ribas-Perez David, Castaño-Seiquer Antonio
机构信息
Egas Moniz, School of Health & Science, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, 2829-511 Egas Moniz, Portugal.
Department of Surgery, University of Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain.
出版信息
Children (Basel). 2023 May 16;10(5):888. doi: 10.3390/children10050888.
Numerous developing countries' socioeconomic and political issues resulted in a significant migratory phenomenon, which poses a health burden for the nations that receive migrant populations. Often, the greatest age group of migrants is children and teens. Oral problems are one of the most common reasons that immigrants in the receiving nations visit the healthcare system. Cross-sectional research was conducted on children and teenagers housed at the Temporary Stay Center for Immigrants (CETI) of the Autonomous City of Melilla (Spain) with the aim of identifying the state of the oral cavity of these group of migrants. Information on the condition of the research group's oral cavity was gathered using the World Health Organization's standards. The research comprised all of the children and teenagers who were enrolled in the CETI for a defined period of time. A total of 198 children were assessed. It was determined that 86.9% of the youngsters were of Syrian descent. There were 57.6% males and a 7.7 (±4.1) average age. The average caries index for children under the age of six was dft =6.4 (±6.3), and for children aged six to eleven, it was 7.5 (±4.8), taking into account both the temporary and permanent dentition, and for children aged twelve to seventeen, it was 4.7 (±4.0). A total of 50.6% of children between the ages of 6 and 11 needed extractions, compared to 36.8% of children under the age of 6. The population under study had a significant incidence of sextants where bleeding occurred during periodontal probing (mean 3.9 (±2.5)), according to an examination of the community periodontal index (CPI). It is crucial to study the oral cavity status of refugee children when designing intervention programs to improve their oral health and provide health education activities that favour the prevention of oral diseases.
许多发展中国家的社会经济和政治问题导致了大规模的移民现象,这给接收移民人口的国家带来了健康负担。通常,移民中最大的年龄群体是儿童和青少年。口腔问题是接收国移民前往医疗系统就诊的最常见原因之一。对居住在西班牙梅利利亚自治市移民临时收容中心(CETI)的儿童和青少年进行了横断面研究,目的是确定这群移民的口腔状况。使用世界卫生组织的标准收集了研究组口腔状况的信息。该研究涵盖了在特定时间段内登记在CETI的所有儿童和青少年。总共评估了198名儿童。经确定,86.9%的青少年为叙利亚裔。男性占57.6%,平均年龄为7.7(±4.1)岁。考虑到乳牙和恒牙,6岁以下儿童的平均龋指数为dft =6.4(±6.3),6至11岁儿童为7.5(±4.8),12至17岁儿童为4.7(±4.0)。6至11岁的儿童中,共有50.6%需要拔牙,而6岁以下儿童的这一比例为36.8%。根据社区牙周指数(CPI)检查,研究人群中牙周探诊时出血的牙面发生率较高(平均3.9(±2.5))。在设计干预项目以改善难民儿童的口腔健康并开展有利于预防口腔疾病的健康教育活动时,研究难民儿童的口腔状况至关重要。