Post Graduate Program in Dental Sciences, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil.
Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil.
Oral Dis. 2024 Oct;30(7):4683-4690. doi: 10.1111/odi.14885. Epub 2024 Feb 29.
To assess the immediate and late effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of adolescents.
This is a longitudinal study performed with adolescents (11-15 years old) from Southern Brazil who were evaluated before the COVID-19 outbreak, and 3 (T2) and 15 (T3) months after the beginning of the pandemic. OHRQoL was assessed using the CPQ11-14. Sociodemographic and clinical variables were also collected. Changes in OHRQoL before, 3 and 15 months after the start of the pandemic were analyzed through multilevel Poisson regression models for repeated measures.
A total of 290 adolescents were evaluated at T1, 207 were re-evaluated at T2, and 204 at T3. Overall CPQ11-14 scores over follow-ups were 11.0 (SD 8.0) at T1, 8.3 (SD 7.8) and 12.8 (SD 8.8) at T3. Compared to T1, adolescents presented 29% lower overall CPQ11-14 scores (IRR 0.71 95% CI 0.66-0.75) at T2, and 11% higher scores at T3 (IRR 1.11 95% CI 1.05-1 0.17), especially for the emotional and social well-being domains.
COVID-19 pandemic impacted the adolescents' OHRQoL differently over time, indicating a reduction in impacts immediately after the beginning and worsening over long term exposure to this scenario.
评估 COVID-19 大流行对青少年口腔健康相关生活质量（OHRQoL）的即时和长期影响。
这是一项纵向研究，涉及来自巴西南部的青少年（11-15 岁），他们在 COVID-19 爆发前进行了评估，并在大流行开始后 3 个月（T2）和 15 个月（T3）进行了评估。使用 CPQ11-14 评估 OHRQoL。还收集了社会人口统计学和临床变量。通过重复测量的多级泊松回归模型分析大流行开始前、3 个月和 15 个月 OHRQoL 的变化。
共有 290 名青少年在 T1 时进行了评估，207 名在 T2 时进行了重新评估，204 名在 T3 时进行了评估。在随访期间，CPQ11-14 总分分别为 T1 时的 11.0（SD 8.0）、T3 时的 8.3（SD 7.8）和 12.8（SD 8.8）。与 T1 相比，T2 时青少年的整体 CPQ11-14 评分降低了 29%（IRR 0.71 95%CI 0.66-0.75），T3 时评分升高了 11%（IRR 1.11 95%CI 1.05-1.07），尤其是在情绪和社会福祉方面。
COVID-19 大流行对青少年的 OHRQoL 的影响随时间而不同，表明在大流行开始后立即减少影响，而长期暴露于这种情况则会恶化。
