Predictors of oral health-related quality of life in 2–5 year-old children in the South of Iran
Abstract Background Dental and oral diseases can have negative impacts on children’s quality of life. The aim of this study was to determine the predictors of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in the children aged 2–5 years old. Materials and methods A total number of 288 children aged be...
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| author | Masoumeh Abbasi-Shavazi Elham Mansoorian Sara Jambarsang Amene Hosseini-Yekani Vahid Rahmanian |
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| description | Abstract Background Dental and oral diseases can have negative impacts on children’s quality of life. The aim of this study was to determine the predictors of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in the children aged 2–5 years old. Materials and methods A total number of 288 children aged between 2 and 5 years were selected and stratified by gender from three community health centres located in the city of Jahrom, south of Fars Province, Iran. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity and reliability was confirmed. The questionnaire was completed by parents/caregivers of the children. A multiple linear regression analysis was performed with quality of life as the dependent variable and, based on covariance structural analysis, evaluated the goodness of fit of the resulting structural equations models. Results The results showed that predisposing factors with a coefficient of 0.0457 (p = 0.015) and reinforcing factors ones with a coefficient of 0.2748 (p < 0.001) were correlated with the oral health behaviours. Moreover, there was a relationship between such behaviours with a coefficient of 0.1612 (p < 0.001) and oral health status and the given status with a coefficient − 0.9714 was correlated with OHRQoL (p < 0.001). Based on the covariance structural analysis, the resulting model was found to exhibit a reasonable goodness of fit. Conclusion The predictors of the children’s OHRQoL included predisposing, strengthening, oral health behaviours and oral health status. Therefore, planning to enhance supportive family behaviours and to boost predisposing factors including knowledge, attitudes, perceived benefits, and self-efficacy in parents and their oral health behaviours is recommended. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-754eba31d81447d9b1c7078f4f79a5c62022-12-21T18:30:54ZengBMCHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes1477-75252020-12-0118111010.1186/s12955-020-01587-7Predictors of oral health-related quality of life in 2–5 year-old children in the South of IranMasoumeh Abbasi-Shavazi0Elham Mansoorian1Sara Jambarsang2Amene Hosseini-Yekani3Vahid Rahmanian4Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical SciencesDepartment of Health Education and Promotion, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical SciencesResearch Center of Prevention and Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Disease, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical SciencesSchool of Dentistry, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical SciencesResearch Center for Social Determinants of Health, Jahrom University of Medical SciencesAbstract Background Dental and oral diseases can have negative impacts on children’s quality of life. The aim of this study was to determine the predictors of oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in the children aged 2–5 years old. Materials and methods A total number of 288 children aged between 2 and 5 years were selected and stratified by gender from three community health centres located in the city of Jahrom, south of Fars Province, Iran. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity and reliability was confirmed. The questionnaire was completed by parents/caregivers of the children. A multiple linear regression analysis was performed with quality of life as the dependent variable and, based on covariance structural analysis, evaluated the goodness of fit of the resulting structural equations models. Results The results showed that predisposing factors with a coefficient of 0.0457 (p = 0.015) and reinforcing factors ones with a coefficient of 0.2748 (p < 0.001) were correlated with the oral health behaviours. Moreover, there was a relationship between such behaviours with a coefficient of 0.1612 (p < 0.001) and oral health status and the given status with a coefficient − 0.9714 was correlated with OHRQoL (p < 0.001). Based on the covariance structural analysis, the resulting model was found to exhibit a reasonable goodness of fit. Conclusion The predictors of the children’s OHRQoL included predisposing, strengthening, oral health behaviours and oral health status. Therefore, planning to enhance supportive family behaviours and to boost predisposing factors including knowledge, attitudes, perceived benefits, and self-efficacy in parents and their oral health behaviours is recommended.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-020-01587-7Quality of lifePreschool childEducational modelsStructural equation modellingJahrom |
| spellingShingle | Masoumeh Abbasi-Shavazi Elham Mansoorian Sara Jambarsang Amene Hosseini-Yekani Vahid Rahmanian Predictors of oral health-related quality of life in 2–5 year-old children in the South of Iran Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Quality of life Preschool child Educational models Structural equation modelling Jahrom |
| title | Predictors of oral health-related quality of life in 2–5 year-old children in the South of Iran |
| title_full | Predictors of oral health-related quality of life in 2–5 year-old children in the South of Iran |
| title_fullStr | Predictors of oral health-related quality of life in 2–5 year-old children in the South of Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predictors of oral health-related quality of life in 2–5 year-old children in the South of Iran |
| title_short | Predictors of oral health-related quality of life in 2–5 year-old children in the South of Iran |
| title_sort | predictors of oral health related quality of life in 2 5 year old children in the south of iran |
| topic | Quality of life Preschool child Educational models Structural equation modelling Jahrom |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12955-020-01587-7 |
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