PMID- 23113917 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140424 LR - 20181202 IS - 1365-263X (Electronic) IS - 0960-7439 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 4 DP - 2013 Jul TI - The relationship between oral health education and quality of life in adolescents. PG - 286-96 LID - 10.1111/ipd.12006 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: There is no study on the association between oral health education and oral health quality of life (OHQoL). AIM: To assess the relationship between oral health education activities integrated into primary care services and OHQoL in adolescents. DESIGN: A retrospective observational survey was conducted on 300 randomly selected 12-14 years-of-age adolescents living in two publicly funded health service administrative areas in Manaus, Brazil. Between 2006 and 2008, dental treatment and oral health education were offered in one area (DT/OHE group), whereas in the other area, only dental treatment was provided (DT group). Collected data included socio-demographic characteristics, health services use, health-related behaviours, dental pain, dental caries and Child-OIDP. Independent variables were compared between groups by Mann-Whitney and chi-square tests. The association between one or more OIDP (Child-OIDP >/= 1) and DT group tested using multivariate logistic regression. RESULTS: Caries, use of dental services and health-related behaviours did not differ between groups (P > 0.05). Child-OIDP >/= 1 was higher in DT group (90.0%) compared with DT/OHE group (79.3%) (P = 0.01). Child-OIDP >/= 1 was independently associated with DT group [OR = 4.4 (1.1; 17.0)]. CONCLUSIONS: Adolescents living in an area where OHE and DT were provided had better OHRQoL than those living in an area where only DT was provided. CI - (c) 2012 John Wiley & Sons Ltd, BSPD and IAPD. FAU - Carvalho, Jefferson Calixto AU - Carvalho JC AD - Faculdade de Odontologia, Escola Superior de Ciencias da Saude, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, AM, Brazil. FAU - Rebelo, Maria Augusta Bessa AU - Rebelo MA FAU - Vettore, Mario Vianna AU - Vettore MV LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Observational Study DEP - 20121031 PL - England TA - Int J Paediatr Dent JT - International journal of paediatric dentistry JID - 9107511 RN - 0 (Cariostatic Agents) RN - 0 (Toothpastes) RN - Q80VPU408O (Fluorides) MH - Activities of Daily Living MH - Adolescent MH - Adolescent Behavior MH - Brazil MH - Cariostatic Agents/therapeutic use MH - Child MH - DMF Index MH - Dental Care/statistics & numerical data MH - Dental Caries/etiology/prevention & control MH - Educational Status MH - Female MH - Fluorides/therapeutic use MH - Health Behavior MH - *Health Education, Dental MH - Health Services Needs and Demand MH - Humans MH - Income MH - Male MH - *Oral Health MH - Oral Hygiene/education MH - Pain Measurement MH - Primary Health Care/statistics & numerical data MH - *Quality of Life MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Social Class MH - Toothbrushing/instrumentation MH - Toothpastes/therapeutic use EDAT- 2012/11/02 06:00 MHDA- 2014/04/25 06:00 CRDT- 2012/11/02 06:00 PHST- 2012/11/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/11/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/04/25 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/ipd.12006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Paediatr Dent. 2013 Jul;23(4):286-96. doi: 10.1111/ipd.12006. Epub 2012 Oct 31.