Socio-Demographic Variation, Perceived Oral Impairment and Oral Impact on Daily Performance among Children in Saudi Arabia

Saba Kassim, Hala Bakeer, Shahad Alghazy, Yara Almaghraby, Wael Sabbah and Alla Alsharif
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Saba Kassim: Preventive Dental Science, Taibah University Dental College & Hospital, Prince, Naif Ibn Abdulaziz, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwrah 42353, Saudi Arabia
Hala Bakeer: Preventive Dental Science, Taibah University Dental College & Hospital, Prince, Naif Ibn Abdulaziz, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwrah 42353, Saudi Arabia
Shahad Alghazy: Taibah University Dental College & Hospital, Prince, Naif Ibn Abdulaziz, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwrah 42353, Saudi Arabia
Yara Almaghraby: Taibah University Dental College & Hospital, Prince, Naif Ibn Abdulaziz, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwrah 42353, Saudi Arabia
Wael Sabbah: King’s College London, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences. Denmark Hill, Bessemer Road, London SE5 9RW, UK
Alla Alsharif: Preventive Dental Science, Taibah University Dental College & Hospital, Prince, Naif Ibn Abdulaziz, Al-Madinah Al-Munawwrah 42353, Saudi Arabia

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 14, 1-9

Abstract: Background: This study aimed to describe the oral impact (estimate, severity, frequency) on daily performance (e.g., eating, speaking) and identify the potential perceived oral impairment(s) and socio-behavioral factors associated with oral impact, namely presence or absence of oral impact, among children aged 9–12 years old in Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia. Methods: A cross-sectional convenience sample of 186 children aged 9–12 years old was recruited. Sociodemographic characteristics, oral health-related behaviors, and perceived oral impairments (e.g., caries, toothache) were obtained from participants. The validated Arabic Child Oral Impact on Daily Performance (C-OIDP) inventory was used to assess oral impacts. Sample descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regressions modeling the association between C-OIDP and explanatory variables were performed. Results: The mean (±SD) age of the children was 10.29 ± 1.24 years, 66.4% were from public schools, and 52% were females. At least one C-OIDP was reported by 78% of the participants. The mean C-OIDP score was 2.27 ± 1.99. Toothache was reported as a perceived impairment for almost all oral impacts and was the strongest predictor of C-OIDP. Low father income was negatively associated with C-OIDP (odds ratio (OR) = 0.24, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.10–0.62). Females had significantly higher odds of reporting C-OIDP than males. Conclusions: In this convenience sample, a high percentage of children aged 9–12 years old reported C-OIDP, which was linked to oral impairment and socio-demographic factors. Further studies, however, are required to explore the clinical, behavioral, and sociodemographic factors in relationship to C-OIDP among Saudi children in a representative sample.

Keywords: impact; Child-Oral Impact on Daily Performance (C-OIDP); children; reliability; impairment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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