PMID- 32670903
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220415
IS  - 2231-0762 (Print)
IS  - 2250-1002 (Electronic)
IS  - 2231-0762 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 2
DP  - 2020 Mar-Apr
TI  - Oral Health Status of Schoolchildren Living in Remote Rural Andean Communities: A 
      Cross-Sectional Study.
PG  - 156-162
LID - 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_438_19 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Oral health promotion (OHP) was introduced in Peruvian primary schools 
      in 2013, and no evaluation has been undertaken in rural areas since then. To 
      measure OHP outcomes, this cross-sectional study aimed to assess the oral health 
      (OH) status of schoolchildren living in a remote rural area of the Cusco region. 
      MATERIALS AND METHODS: Sixty-six children were recruited in three remote rural 
      communities and in a rural district capital. Six dimensions of OH (knowledge, 
      attitudes, behaviors, dental plaque, dental caries, and quality of life related 
      to OH) were measured using self-administered questionnaires and dental 
      examinations. Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney tests were conducted to compare outcomes 
      between two types of settings (remote rural community and district capital). 
      Multiple linear regression models were fit to identify which variables can 
      explain the variance observed in the decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) 
      index. RESULTS: The median percentage of dental plaque in remote rural 
      communities was 78.7+ (interquartile range [IQR] 71.5-82.8) and 78.6+ (IQR 
      72.7-82.2) in the district capital (P = 0.90). The prevalence of dental caries 
      was estimated to be 94.1+ (95+ confidence interval [CI] 71.1->99.9) in the 
      district capital and 98.0+ (95+ CI 88.3->99.9) in remote rural communities (P = 
      0.43). CONCLUSION: These results suggested that OHP interventions had not reached 
      their full potential. Identifying different factors that influence the reported 
      outcomes would provide a more comprehensive understanding and help to tailor OHP 
      interventions.
CI  - Copyright: (c) 2020 Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community 
      Dentistry.
FAU - Bergeron, Dave A
AU  - Bergeron DA
AD  - Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and 
      Health Sciences, Universite de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada.
AD  - Department of Nursing, Universite du Quebec a Rimouski, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada.
FAU - Talbot, Lise R
AU  - Talbot LR
AD  - School of Nursing, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Longueuil, Quebec, 
      Canada.
FAU - Gaboury, Isabelle
AU  - Gaboury I
AD  - Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and 
      Health Sciences, Universite de Sherbrooke, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200414
PL  - India
TA  - J Int Soc Prev Community Dent
JT  - Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry
JID - 101618802
PMC - PMC7339992
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Dental caries
OT  - oral health-related quality of life
OT  - preventive dentistry
OT  - rural communities
OT  - schoolchildren
COIS- There are no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2020/07/17 06:00
MHDA- 2020/07/17 06:01
PMCR- 2020/04/14
CRDT- 2020/07/17 06:00
PHST- 2019/10/28 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/12/29 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/01/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/07/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/07/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/07/17 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/04/14 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - JISPCD-10-156 [pii]
AID - 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_438_19 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2020 Apr 14;10(2):156-162. doi: 
      10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_438_19. eCollection 2020 Mar-Apr.