Effectiveness of oral health programs according to their levels of prevention, applied in educational institutions in Chiclayo and Pimentel, Peru
Introduction: The process to evaluate the effectiveness of preventive programs involves follow-up and monitoring activities, assessing if these programs really contribute to the improvement of oral health conditions of the target population. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of oral health pr...
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| description | Introduction: The process to evaluate the effectiveness of preventive programs involves follow-up and monitoring activities, assessing if these programs really contribute to the improvement of oral health conditions of the target population. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of oral health programs, according to their levels of prevention, applied to schoolchildren at educational institutions in Chiclayo and Pimentel, in the district of Lambayeque, Peru. Materials and Methods: A retrospective, longitudinal and descriptive study was carried out on 237 schoolchildren between 6 and 7 years of age, from four educational institutions located in Chiclayo and Pimentel. A record of the oral hygiene index and caries’ incidence was carried out in four stages, including a baseline diagnosis and three follow-up evaluations every six months between 2016 and 2017, with a previously verified calibration process for the oral hygiene index (k=0.86) and for caries registration (k=0.79). Results: A greater effectiveness was observed in programs with level 2 prevention, achieving a progressive decrease in the oral hygiene index from a baseline mean of 2.04 to 1.98 at 6 months, 1.77 at 12 months and 1.64 at 18 months, with significant differences between them. Regarding the incidence of caries in permanent first molars, no significant differences were found in the effectiveness of programs with levels 1 and 2 of prevention, according to mixed factorial ANOVA (p<0.05). Conclusion: Programs with level 2 prevention have a greater effectiveness in terms of improving oral hygiene conditions, with significant differences in comparison to programs with level 1 prevention. No significant differences were found between the effectiveness of Level 1 and 2 programs regarding the incidence of dental caries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-672617a7a9654eacacb6adb60c1dc9492022-12-21T17:42:58ZengUniversidad de Concepción.Journal of Oral Research0719-24600719-24792019-04-018212213010.17126/joralres.2019.020Effectiveness of oral health programs according to their levels of prevention, applied in educational institutions in Chiclayo and Pimentel, PeruRubén Chumpitaz-Durand0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0699-6721Alex Vidal-Mosquera1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7575-8156Carlos Aguilar-Villanueva2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7780-896XUniversidad San Martín de Porres. School of Dentistry. North Campus, Chiclayo, Perú.Universidad San Martín de Porres. School of Dentistry. North Campus, Chiclayo, Perú.Universidad San Martín de Porres. School of Dentistry. North Campus, Chiclayo, Perú.Introduction: The process to evaluate the effectiveness of preventive programs involves follow-up and monitoring activities, assessing if these programs really contribute to the improvement of oral health conditions of the target population. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of oral health programs, according to their levels of prevention, applied to schoolchildren at educational institutions in Chiclayo and Pimentel, in the district of Lambayeque, Peru. Materials and Methods: A retrospective, longitudinal and descriptive study was carried out on 237 schoolchildren between 6 and 7 years of age, from four educational institutions located in Chiclayo and Pimentel. A record of the oral hygiene index and caries’ incidence was carried out in four stages, including a baseline diagnosis and three follow-up evaluations every six months between 2016 and 2017, with a previously verified calibration process for the oral hygiene index (k=0.86) and for caries registration (k=0.79). Results: A greater effectiveness was observed in programs with level 2 prevention, achieving a progressive decrease in the oral hygiene index from a baseline mean of 2.04 to 1.98 at 6 months, 1.77 at 12 months and 1.64 at 18 months, with significant differences between them. Regarding the incidence of caries in permanent first molars, no significant differences were found in the effectiveness of programs with levels 1 and 2 of prevention, according to mixed factorial ANOVA (p<0.05). Conclusion: Programs with level 2 prevention have a greater effectiveness in terms of improving oral hygiene conditions, with significant differences in comparison to programs with level 1 prevention. No significant differences were found between the effectiveness of Level 1 and 2 programs regarding the incidence of dental caries.https://www.joralres.com/index.php/JOralRes/article/view/joralres.2019.020/682program evaluationoral healthhealth promotionfollow-up studiespreventive health services |
| spellingShingle | Rubén Chumpitaz-Durand Alex Vidal-Mosquera Carlos Aguilar-Villanueva Effectiveness of oral health programs according to their levels of prevention, applied in educational institutions in Chiclayo and Pimentel, Peru Journal of Oral Research program evaluation oral health health promotion follow-up studies preventive health services |
| title | Effectiveness of oral health programs according to their levels of prevention, applied in educational institutions in Chiclayo and Pimentel, Peru |
| title_full | Effectiveness of oral health programs according to their levels of prevention, applied in educational institutions in Chiclayo and Pimentel, Peru |
| title_fullStr | Effectiveness of oral health programs according to their levels of prevention, applied in educational institutions in Chiclayo and Pimentel, Peru |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness of oral health programs according to their levels of prevention, applied in educational institutions in Chiclayo and Pimentel, Peru |
| title_short | Effectiveness of oral health programs according to their levels of prevention, applied in educational institutions in Chiclayo and Pimentel, Peru |
| title_sort | effectiveness of oral health programs according to their levels of prevention applied in educational institutions in chiclayo and pimentel peru |
| topic | program evaluation oral health health promotion follow-up studies preventive health services |
| url | https://www.joralres.com/index.php/JOralRes/article/view/joralres.2019.020/682 |
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