Rincón Trinidad, Gómez-Polo Cristina, Montero Javier, Curto Daniel, Curto Adrián
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, Alfonso X El Sabio Avenue s/n, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.
Department of Pathology, 12 de Octubre University Hospital, Córdoba Avenue s/n, 28041 Madrid, Spain.
Children (Basel). 2025 Mar 28;12(4):428. doi: 10.3390/children12040428.
Knowing the oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) status of pediatric patients would be helpful in analyzing their level of dental anxiety before their first visit to a pediatric dentist. However, few studies have analyzed OHRQoL and anxiety in early adolescent patients. The aim of this study was to describe the OHRQoL and anxiety levels of early adolescents, according to age and sex, at their first dental examination. A cross-sectional study was conducted on early adolescents (11-14 years old) attending their first dental examination in 2023-2024. OHRQoL was assessed using the Spanish version of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire 11-14 (CPQ-Esp11-14) and anxiety using the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory in Children (STAIC). A total of 130 early adolescents were assessed, with an average age of 12.6 years (±1.06) and an equal sex distribution (65 boys and 65 girls). Among the analyzed sample, the OHRQoL dimension with the highest score was social well-being (15.01 ± 10.7), whereas the oral symptoms dimension (8.6 ± 4.25) had the lowest impact. There were no statistically significant differences between female and male early adolescents in the anxiety state or anxiety-trait dimensions or in the dimension of OHRQoL, except for oral symptoms, which were higher in boys (9.48 ± 4.51 versus 7.72 ± 3.81). Similarly, no significant differences were found based on age regarding anxiety or OHRQoL. Considering the limitations of this study, it can be concluded that higher levels of anxiety negatively impacted the OHRQoL of the early adolescent population studied.
了解儿科患者的口腔健康相关生活质量（OHRQoL）状况，将有助于分析他们首次就诊于儿科牙医之前的牙科焦虑水平。然而，很少有研究分析青少年早期患者的OHRQoL和焦虑情况。本研究的目的是描述青少年早期患者在首次牙科检查时，根据年龄和性别的OHRQoL和焦虑水平。对2023 - 2024年首次进行牙科检查的青少年早期患者（11 - 14岁）进行了一项横断面研究。使用儿童感知问卷11 - 14的西班牙语版本（CPQ - Esp11 - 14）评估OHRQoL，并使用儿童状态 - 特质焦虑量表（STAIC）评估焦虑。总共评估了130名青少年早期患者，平均年龄为12.6岁（±1.06），性别分布均衡（男孩65名，女孩65名）。在分析的样本中，得分最高的OHRQoL维度是社会幸福感（15.01 ± 10.7），而口腔症状维度（8.6 ± 4.25）的影响最小。在焦虑状态或焦虑特质维度或OHRQoL维度方面，女性和男性青少年早期患者之间没有统计学上的显著差异，但口腔症状除外，男孩的口腔症状更高（9.48 ± 4.51对7.72 ± 3.81）。同样，在焦虑或OHRQoL方面，未发现基于年龄的显著差异。考虑到本研究的局限性，可以得出结论，较高水平的焦虑对所研究的青少年早期人群的OHRQoL产生了负面影响。
