Preventive Dental Science Department, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia.
Collage of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Sep 10;21(9):1195. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21091195.
This study aimed to examine the association between both parental dental fear and children's dental fear and its impact on the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) of Saudi children in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.
Data on 93 individuals aged 7-12 years were collected using clinical examination and Arabic-validated questionnaires: the Child Oral Health Impact Profile-Short Form (COHIP-SF19), and the Children's Fear Survey Schedule-Dental Subscale (CFSS-DS). Negative binomial regression analysis was performed to study the association between children's fear and parental dental fear as well as the OHRQoL, while adjusting for certain confounders.
Overall, our multivariate analyses showed that children with high dental fear (CFSS-DS ≥ 38, = 0.027) and a higher percentage of dental caries ( = 0.013) had a significantly lower OHRQoL after adjusting for clinical and socio-demographic factors. Further, parental fear of dentists was significantly associated with children's fear of dentists ( < 0.001).
Our findings demonstrate that children's fear and dental caries are both associated with poorer OHRQoL. Further, parental dental fear about dentists was associated with children's fear of dentists.
本研究旨在探讨沙特阿拉伯东部省份父母和儿童的牙科恐惧与儿童牙科恐惧之间的关系及其对儿童口腔健康相关生活质量（OHRQoL）的影响。
使用临床检查和阿拉伯语验证的问卷收集了 93 名 7-12 岁个体的数据：儿童口腔健康影响简表（COHIP-SF19）和儿童恐惧调查量表-牙科分量表（CFSS-DS）。进行负二项回归分析以研究儿童恐惧与父母牙科恐惧以及 OHRQoL 之间的关联，同时调整了某些混杂因素。
总体而言，我们的多变量分析表明，在调整了临床和社会人口统计学因素后，具有高牙科恐惧（CFSS-DS≥38， = 0.027）和更高龋齿百分比（ = 0.013）的儿童的 OHRQoL 显著降低。此外，父母对牙医的恐惧与儿童对牙医的恐惧显著相关（ < 0.001）。
我们的研究结果表明，儿童的恐惧和龋齿都与较差的 OHRQoL 相关。此外，父母对牙医的牙科恐惧与儿童对牙医的恐惧有关。
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