Ribas-Pérez David, Sevillano Garcés David, Rodriguez Menacho Diego, Hernandez-Franch Paloma Villalva, Barbero Navarro Ignacio, Castaño Séiquer Antonio
Department of Stomatology, University of Seville, 41004 Sevilla, Spain.
Independent Researcher, 41004 Seville, Spain.
Children (Basel). 2023 Jul 5;10(7):1168. doi: 10.3390/children10071168.
Quality of life is a parameter that not only evaluates clinical parameters, but also refers to the perception of the individual in his or her sociocultural context. It also refers to psychosocial aspects that have a very important impact on people's lives. Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) must also be considered when assessing oral health in any population for which an oral health program is to be developed. On this premise, and taking into account the precarious situation of refugee children housed in the Temporary Center for Migrants (CETI) in Melilla (Spain), a study was conducted to assess the oral health and OHRQoL of the children housed in the aforementioned facility. For this purpose, the 120 children in care at the time of the study underwent a basic epidemiological examination according to the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO), and their OHRQoL was assessed using the specific OHIP-14 questionnaire. The results show a state of oral health with a high caries prevalence (95%), high DMFT, and dft indices for the studied population. The oral health-related quality of life perceived by these children shows that pain and psychological discomfort are the areas rated worst by them. Thus, it is concluded that it is important to implement specific oral health programs for this population, based on caries prevention and pain management, which must also take into account the psychological and sociocultural aspects that have accompanied their lives.
生活质量是一个不仅评估临床参数，还涉及个体在其社会文化背景中的认知的参数。它还指对人们生活有非常重要影响的心理社会方面。在为任何人群制定口腔健康计划时评估口腔健康状况时，也必须考虑与口腔健康相关的生活质量（OHRQoL）。在此前提下，考虑到西班牙梅利利亚移民临时中心（CETI）收容的难民儿童的不稳定状况，开展了一项研究，以评估上述机构中儿童的口腔健康和OHRQoL。为此，研究时接受照料的120名儿童按照世界卫生组织（WHO）的建议接受了基本的流行病学检查，并使用特定的OHIP-14问卷评估了他们的OHRQoL。结果显示，所研究人群的口腔健康状况为高龋齿患病率（95%）、高DMFT和dft指数。这些儿童所感知的与口腔健康相关的生活质量表明，疼痛和心理不适是他们评价最差的方面。因此，得出结论，为该人群实施基于龋齿预防和疼痛管理的特定口腔健康计划非常重要，该计划还必须考虑伴随他们生活的心理和社会文化方面。
