Quality of life evaluation and the nutritional, salivary and masticatory characteristics of pre pubertal overweight and obese children

• Grant number: 12/04492-2
• Support type: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: September 01, 2012 - August 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Dentistry
• Principal researcher: Paula Midori Castelo Ferrua
• Grantee: Paula Midori Castelo Ferrua
• Home Institution: Instituto de Ciências Ambientais, Químicas e Farmacêuticas (ICAQF). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Diadema. Diadema , SP, Brazil
• Assoc. researchers: Fernando Luiz Affonso Fonseca ; Maria Beatriz Duarte Gavião

Abstract

The prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing rapidly worldwide and it is assumed that chewing may have a bearing on the nutritional status of these individuals; moreover, this condition can also adversely affect their quality of life due to the physical, psychological and social impacts. Therefore, the aim of this study is to assess the relationship between masticatory function and nutritional, anxiety symptoms and quality of life of 300 prepubertal children of both genders aged 6 to 10 years. The masticatory function will be checked by evaluating the maximum bite force, food consistency, analysis of saliva and masticatory performance (MP). MP will be determined by the individual ability of fragmentation of a chewable test material called Optocal plus and sieving technique. Salivary flow rate will be determined by collecting saliva with mechanical stimulation (chewing Parafilm ®) and without stimulation, and then analyzed for pH and concentrations of total protein, amylase, calcium, urea, phosphate and triglycerides by means of spectrophotometry. Furthermore, the thresholds of the four primary tastes be evaluated (sweet, salty, sour and bitter) in three different concentrations. Presence and history of sucking and parafunctional habits will also be surveyed. These variables of the masticatory function will be related to anthropometric measurements (body mass index, triceps and subscapular skinfolds, arm circumference and waist circumference) and dietary intake, measured by 24-hour recall and calculation of estimated dietary intake by means of software. Furthermore, anxiety symptoms and quality of life of these individuals will be assessed using translated and validated into Portuguese instruments (Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children-MASC and Autoquestionnaire Qualité de Vie Enfant Image-AUQEI, respectively). The description and the correlation between the studied variables will be analyzed using descriptive statistics, normality and correlation (Pearson/Spearman) tests and analysis of variance between groups. The psychometric properties of the scales and internal consistency (ceiling and floor effects, Cronbach's alpha coefficient, correlation matrix between items and item-total correlation) and discriminant validity (t-test) will also be assessed. Multiple linear regression models will verify the relationship between anthropometric measurements and nutritional status (as the dependent variables) and scores of quality of life and anxiety, masticatory and salivary function variables and food intake, adjusting for gender, age, orthodontic treatment need and DMFT and dmft index (a = 0.05). (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DE ANDRADE, PEDRO AVELINO MAIA; GIOVANI, PRISCILA ALVES; ARAUJO, DARLLE SANTOS; DE SOUZA, ADIJAILTON JOSE; PEDRONI-PEREIRA, ALINE; KANTOVITZ, KAMILA ROSAMILIA; ANDREOTE, FERNANDO DINI; CASTELO, PAULA MIDORI; NOCITI-JR, FRANCISCO HUMBERTO. Shifts in the bacterial community of saliva give insights on the relationship between obesity and oral microbiota in adolescents. Archives of Microbiology, v. 202, n. 5 FEB 2020. Web of Science Citations: 0.

MARQUEZIN, MARIA CAROLINA S.; ARAUJO, DARLLE S.; AMATO, JULIANA N.; BARBOSA, TAIS DE S.; FONSECA, FERNANDO L. A.; GAVIAO, MARIA B. D.; CASTELO, PAULA MIDORI. A cluster analysis of the relationship between sucking habits, consistency of food ingested, and taste sensitivity in children. JOURNAL OF TEXTURE STUDIES, v. 50, n. 3, p. 248-256, JUN 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0.

ARAUJO, D. S.; MARQUEZIN, M. C. S.; BARBOSA, T. S.; FONSECA, F. L. A.; FEGADOLLI, C.; CASTELO, P. M. Assessment of quality of life, anxiety, socio-economic factors and caries experience in Brazilian children with overweight and obesity. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DENTAL HYGIENE, v. 15, n. 4, p. e156-e162, NOV 2017. Web of Science Citations: 2.

FREITAS, C. N.; CASTELO, P. M.; SOUSA, K. G.; ALONSO, G. C.; FONSECA, F. L. A.; KLEIN, M. I.; BARBOSA, T. S. Educational strategies and atraumatic restorative treatment effect on salivary characteristics: A controlled clinical trial. ORAL DISEASES, v. 23, n. 8, p. 1116-1126, NOV 2017. Web of Science Citations: 2.

ARAUJO, DARLLE SANTOS; SALOME MARQUEZIN, MARIA CAROLINA; BARBOSA, TAIS DE SOUZA; DUARTE GAVIAO, MARIA BEATRIZ; CASTELO, PAULA MIDORI. Evaluation of masticatory parameters in overweight and obese children. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORTHODONTICS, v. 38, n. 4, p. 393-397, AUG 2016. Web of Science Citations: 1.

MARIBEL HILASACA-MAMANI; TAÍS DE SOUZA BARBOSA; CLAUDIA FEGADOLLI; PAULA MIDORI CASTELO. Validity and reliability of the quality of masticatory function questionnaire applied in Brazilian adolescents. CoDAS, v. 28, n. 2, p. 149-154, Abr. 2016. Web of Science Citations: 3.

SALOME MARQUEZIN, MARIA CAROLINA; PEDRONI-PEREIRA, ALINE; ARAUJO, DARLLE SANTOS; ROSAR, JOAO VICENTE; BARBOSA, TAIS S.; CASTELO, PAULA MIDORI. Descriptive analysis of the masticatory and salivary functions and gustatory sensitivity in healthy children. ACTA ODONTOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA, v. 74, n. 6, p. 443-448, 2016. Web of Science Citations: 5.

MARIBEL HILASACA-MAMANI; TAÍS DE SOUZA BARBOSA; JOCELYNE FEINE; RÍVEA INÊS FERREIRA; ROSANA CRISTINA BONI; PAULA MIDORI CASTELO. Tradução e adaptação brasileira do Questionnaire D'Alimentation. Revista CEFAC, v. 17, n. 6, p. 1929-1938, Dez. 2015.

DE CAMPOS, MILENE MAZUCHI; KOBAYASHI, FERNANDA YUKIE; BARBOSA, TAIS DE SOUZA; COSTA, SIMONE DA SILVA; LUCAS, BARBARA DE LIMA; CASTELO, PAULA MIDORI. Characteristics of salivary secretion in normal-weight, overweight and obese children: a preliminary study. ODONTOLOGY, v. 102, n. 2, p. 318-324, JUL 2014. Web of Science Citations: 12.