M A A A Abd-Elsabour1,2, R M H Hanafy1, O M Omar3. 1. Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, 11 Al Saraya street, Al Manial, Kasr Al Ainy, Cairo, Egypt. 2. Pediatric and Community Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Ahram Canadian University, Giza, Egypt. 3. Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, 11 Al Saraya street, Al Manial, Kasr Al Ainy, Cairo, Egypt. ola.omar@dentistry.cu.edu.eg.
Abstract
PURPOSE: This study aims to investigate the relationship between OHRQoL and orofacial dysfunction in children practicing oral habits. METHODS: Thirty Egyptian Children, aged from five to seven years, practicing oral habits (habit practicing/exposed group), were examined for orofacial dysfunction using Nordic Orofacial Test-Screen (NOT-S). Their parents were asked to fill 8-item Parental-Caregiver Perception Questionnaire (P-CPQ), translated to Arabic, as an assessment tool for their children's OHRQoL. The scores of the habit practicing group were compared to those obtained from another 30 children with matched criteria not practicing oral habits (habit free/ control group). RESULTS: Children in the exposure group showed higher total NOT-S score (median 3, range 1-5) and higher P-CPQ (median 6, range 1-16) than the control group (median 0.5, range 0-2) and (median 4, range 1-8), with a statistical significance (p = 0.00, p = 0.014), respectively. A statistically significant moderate positive correlation was found between OHRQoL and orofacial dysfunction in the habit practicing group, (R = 0.384, p = 0.036). The exposure group was found to be 7.4 and 1.5 times the control group in developing orofacial dysfunction, and having inferior OHRQoL, respectively. CONCLUSION: An existing association between the degree of orofacial dysfunction and OHRQoL in children practicing oral habit(s) is suggested. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT04575792, date of registration: 26/9/2020, first posted (approved): 5/10/2020.
PURPOSE: This study aims to investigate the relationship between OHRQoL and orofacial dysfunction in children practicing oral habits. METHODS: Thirty Egyptian Children, aged from five to seven years, practicing oral habits (habit practicing/exposed group), were examined for orofacial dysfunction using Nordic Orofacial Test-Screen (NOT-S). Their parents were asked to fill 8-item Parental-Caregiver Perception Questionnaire (P-CPQ), translated to Arabic, as an assessment tool for their children's OHRQoL. The scores of the habit practicing group were compared to those obtained from another 30 children with matched criteria not practicing oral habits (habit free/ control group). RESULTS: Children in the exposure group showed higher total NOT-S score (median 3, range 1-5) and higher P-CPQ (median 6, range 1-16) than the control group (median 0.5, range 0-2) and (median 4, range 1-8), with a statistical significance (p = 0.00, p = 0.014), respectively. A statistically significant moderate positive correlation was found between OHRQoL and orofacial dysfunction in the habit practicing group, (R = 0.384, p = 0.036). The exposure group was found to be 7.4 and 1.5 times the control group in developing orofacial dysfunction, and having inferior OHRQoL, respectively. CONCLUSION: An existing association between the degree of orofacial dysfunction and OHRQoL in children practicing oral habit(s) is suggested. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT04575792, date of registration: 26/9/2020, first posted (approved): 5/10/2020.
Authors: Teresa D Berger; David J Kenny; Michael J Casas; Edward J Barrett; Herenia P Lawrence Journal: Dent Traumatol Date: 2009-08-26 Impact factor: 3.333