Changes in Oral-Health-Related Quality of Life of Egyptian Children Treated under Dental General Anesthesia: A Prospective Study

Background: Treatment of young children under dental general anesthesia (DGA) is sometimes necessary due to lack of cooperation and the complexity of dental treatment. The aim of this study was to assess the changes in oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in children following treatment unde...

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Published in:Journal of clinical medicine 2023-09, Vol.12 (18), p.5792
Main Authors: Faheem, Mahmoud, Moheb, Dalia, Bahgat, Sherif, Splieth, Christian, Bekes, Katrin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Anesthesia in dentistry
Children & youth
Clinical medicine
Dental caries
Dental insurance
Dentistry
Families & family life
General anesthesia
Health
Health aspects
Oral health
Oral hygiene
Parents & parenting
Patient outcomes
Patients
Pediatric anesthesia
Pedodontics
Quality of life
Questionnaires
Self image
Statistical analysis
Statistical significance
Surveys
Teeth
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Summary:Background: Treatment of young children under dental general anesthesia (DGA) is sometimes necessary due to lack of cooperation and the complexity of dental treatment. The aim of this study was to assess the changes in oral-health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in children following treatment under DGA. Methods: A consecutive sample of 88 children aged 5 and younger who were referred to the department of pediatric dentistry, Cairo university, Egypt, for treatment under DGA was included. Parents were asked to complete the Arabic version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (A-ECOHIS) questionnaire before and 4 weeks after treatment. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare baseline and follow up scores. Effect sizes (ES) were also calculated. Results: The overall ECOHIS scores decreased significantly from 16.72 (±7.07) to 0.9 (±3.08); (p < 0.001, Wilcoxon signed-rank test) after treatment under DGA, demonstrating a large effect size of 2.2. The scores of the two subscales of the ECOHIS, the child impact scale (CIS) and the family impact scale (FIS), also decreased significantly (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Treatment under DGA not only improved the OHRQoL of the Egyptian children in our sample significantly, but also had a positive effect on their families’ quality of life.
ISSN:2077-0383
2077-0383
DOI:10.3390/jcm12185792