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Oral health-related quality of life and oral hygiene status among special need school students in amhara region, Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Oral conditions remain a substantial population health challenge worldwide. Poor oral health affects the quality of life as a result of pain or discomfort, tooth loss, impaired oral functioning, disfigurement, missing school time, loss of work hours, and sometimes even death. This study...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10026826/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36941712 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12955-023-02110-4 |
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author | Tefera, Amare Teshome Girma, Biruk Adane, Aynishet Muche, Abebe Ayele, Tadesse Awoke Getahun, Kefyalew Ayalew Aniley, Zelallem Ali, Semira Handebo, Simegnew |
author_facet | Tefera, Amare Teshome Girma, Biruk Adane, Aynishet Muche, Abebe Ayele, Tadesse Awoke Getahun, Kefyalew Ayalew Aniley, Zelallem Ali, Semira Handebo, Simegnew |
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description | BACKGROUND: Oral conditions remain a substantial population health challenge worldwide. Poor oral health affects the quality of life as a result of pain or discomfort, tooth loss, impaired oral functioning, disfigurement, missing school time, loss of work hours, and sometimes even death. This study assessed the magnitude of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) and oral hygiene status and associated factors among special needs school students in the Amhara region. METHODS: An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2020 to April 2021 in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia. A total of 443 randomly selected special needs students were included. A structured pretested interview-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Bivariable and multivariable ordinal logistic regression models were fitted to identify the factors associated with oral hygiene status. The statistical significance of differences in mean OHIP-14 scores was assessed using the Kruskal-Wallis equality-of-populations rank and Wilcoxon rank-sum tests. Variables with a p-value less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Almost half 46.6% (95% CI: 42.1%, 51.4%) of the study participant had poor oral hygiene status. The median OHIP-14 score was 16 with an interquartile range from 14 to 20. The highest score was for functional limitation (mean: 1.45 (SD ± 0.70)) and the lowest score was for psychological disability (mean: 1.08 (SD ± 0.45)). Mother education, frequency of taking sugared foods, and the types of disabilities were significant predictors of the poor oral hygiene status of special needs students in the Amhara region. The students living in Dessie had higher OHIP-14 scores compared to those living in other places (Gondar, Bahir Dar, and Debre Markos). The students who never brush their teeth had lower OHIP-14 scores than those who brush sometime and once a day. Whereas, students affiliated with the orthodox religion had lower OHIP-14 scores compared to those affiliated with all other religions (Catholic, Muslim, and Protestant). CONCLUSION: A substantial amount of students with a disability had poor oral hygiene. The OHIP-14 scores indicated poor oral health-related quality of life. The study found that maternal education, frequency of taking sugared foods, and the types of disabilities were statistically significant factors associated with oral hygiene status. |
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spelling | pubmed-100268262023-03-21 Oral health-related quality of life and oral hygiene status among special need school students in amhara region, Ethiopia Tefera, Amare Teshome Girma, Biruk Adane, Aynishet Muche, Abebe Ayele, Tadesse Awoke Getahun, Kefyalew Ayalew Aniley, Zelallem Ali, Semira Handebo, Simegnew Health Qual Life Outcomes Research BACKGROUND: Oral conditions remain a substantial population health challenge worldwide. Poor oral health affects the quality of life as a result of pain or discomfort, tooth loss, impaired oral functioning, disfigurement, missing school time, loss of work hours, and sometimes even death. This study assessed the magnitude of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) and oral hygiene status and associated factors among special needs school students in the Amhara region. METHODS: An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2020 to April 2021 in the Amhara Region, Ethiopia. A total of 443 randomly selected special needs students were included. A structured pretested interview-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. Bivariable and multivariable ordinal logistic regression models were fitted to identify the factors associated with oral hygiene status. The statistical significance of differences in mean OHIP-14 scores was assessed using the Kruskal-Wallis equality-of-populations rank and Wilcoxon rank-sum tests. Variables with a p-value less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Almost half 46.6% (95% CI: 42.1%, 51.4%) of the study participant had poor oral hygiene status. The median OHIP-14 score was 16 with an interquartile range from 14 to 20. The highest score was for functional limitation (mean: 1.45 (SD ± 0.70)) and the lowest score was for psychological disability (mean: 1.08 (SD ± 0.45)). Mother education, frequency of taking sugared foods, and the types of disabilities were significant predictors of the poor oral hygiene status of special needs students in the Amhara region. The students living in Dessie had higher OHIP-14 scores compared to those living in other places (Gondar, Bahir Dar, and Debre Markos). The students who never brush their teeth had lower OHIP-14 scores than those who brush sometime and once a day. Whereas, students affiliated with the orthodox religion had lower OHIP-14 scores compared to those affiliated with all other religions (Catholic, Muslim, and Protestant). CONCLUSION: A substantial amount of students with a disability had poor oral hygiene. The OHIP-14 scores indicated poor oral health-related quality of life. The study found that maternal education, frequency of taking sugared foods, and the types of disabilities were statistically significant factors associated with oral hygiene status. BioMed Central 2023-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10026826/ /pubmed/36941712 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12955-023-02110-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Tefera, Amare Teshome Girma, Biruk Adane, Aynishet Muche, Abebe Ayele, Tadesse Awoke Getahun, Kefyalew Ayalew Aniley, Zelallem Ali, Semira Handebo, Simegnew Oral health-related quality of life and oral hygiene status among special need school students in amhara region, Ethiopia |
title | Oral health-related quality of life and oral hygiene status among special need school students in amhara region, Ethiopia |
title_full | Oral health-related quality of life and oral hygiene status among special need school students in amhara region, Ethiopia |
title_fullStr | Oral health-related quality of life and oral hygiene status among special need school students in amhara region, Ethiopia |
title_full_unstemmed | Oral health-related quality of life and oral hygiene status among special need school students in amhara region, Ethiopia |
title_short | Oral health-related quality of life and oral hygiene status among special need school students in amhara region, Ethiopia |
title_sort | oral health-related quality of life and oral hygiene status among special need school students in amhara region, ethiopia |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10026826/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36941712 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12955-023-02110-4 |
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