Longitudinal evaluation of factors related to oral health, school performance and quality of life in children and adolescents

• Grant number: 11/01281-8
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): November 01, 2012
• Effective date (End): March 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Dentistry - Social and Preventive Dentistry
• Principal researcher: Fabio Luiz Mialhe
• Grantee: Janice Simpson de Paula
• Home Institution: Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba (FOP). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The overall objective of this research project is to evaluate, by two longitudinal studies, variables that impact on school performance and oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL) in children and adolescents. Study 1: It will be held in Piracicaba / SP to evaluate the impact of a program of dental care on the school performance of children 8-10 years. Is selected a random sample comprising at least 30% (n = 360) of children participating project "Always Smiling", divided into two matched groups: (1) need treatment, which passed the curative treatment (2) not requiring treatment for dental caries. The school performance or the periods prior and subsequent to the completion of dental treatment will be achieved in schools, by grade of schoolchildren. Study 2: It will be held in Juiz de Fora / MG through the reevaluation of students who participated in an epidemiological survey previously conducted in 2009, when adolescents were aged 12 years. The aim is to investigate the incidence of oral diseases in the sample and assess the longitudinal impact of socioeconomic variables and family environment on OHRQoL and school performance of adolescents. The sample is representative of the population studied and composed of 275 adolescents aged 15 years, from public and private schools in the city. Will be collected clinical data on oral conditions and used questionnaires to assess quality of life (CPQ11-14 and Autoquestionnaire Qualité de Vie Enfant Image - AUQEI) of socioeconomic and family environment. Furthermore, the school performance of each participant is obtained by means of banknotes of the same with schools. Data analysis for the two studies will be performed by means of descriptive statistics, chi-square test, Student's t test (to evaluate the school performance), and univariate and multiple logistic regressions to assess the level of association between variables . Also will be used nonparametric Mann-Whitney and Wilcoxon tests and psychometric properties of responsiveness to longitudinal studies of the questionnaires and CPQ will be analyzed.

Scientific publications

(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)

PAULA, JANICE S.; MENEGHIM, MARCELO C.; PEREIRA, ANTONIO C.; MIALHE, FABIO L.. Oral health, socio-economic and home environmental factors associated with general and oral-health related quality of life and convergent validity of two instruments. BMC ORAL HEALTH, v. 15, FEB 24 2015. (11/01281-8, 11/17669-5)

JANICE SIMPSON DE PAULA; LÍVIA GUIMARÃES ZINA; LISA JAMIESON; FÁBIO LUIZ MIALHE. The effect of caries increment on oral health-related quality of life among adolescents in Brazil: a 3-year longitudinal study. Brazilian Oral Research, v. 34, 2020-08-28. (11/17669-5, 11/01281-8)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

PAULA, Janice Simpson de. Social determinants, oral health, school performance and quality of life in children and adolescents. 2015. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba Piracicaba, SP.