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| Impact of dental caries on the oral health related quality of life of urban slum children in Nairobi, Kenya | ||||||
| Immaculate Achieng Opondo1, Arthur Musakulu Kemoli2, James Lwanga Ngesa3 | ||||||
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1BDS, MDS (Pediatric Dentistry), Maseno University, Lecturer, Department of Surgery and Anesthesiology, Kisumu, Kenya
2PhD (Pediatric Dentistry), University of Nairobi, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Nairobi, Kenya 3BDS, MChD (Orthodontics), University of Nairobi, Lecturer, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Nairobi, Kenya | ||||||
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| Opondo IA, Kemoli AM, Ngesa JL. Impact of dental caries on the oral health related quality of life of urban slum children in Nairobi, Kenya. Edorium J Dent 2017;4:12–18. |
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ABSTRACT
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Aims:
Dental caries is a public health concern in many developing nations like Kenya. Slum children often do not have access to oral health care, and their oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) remains largely un-researched topic in Kenya. The present study was designed to determine the prevalence and severity of dental caries and its impact on the OHRQoL of a cohort of slum-dwelling children in a Nairobi slum.
Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, a total of 452 children aged 12–14 years participated. Through a structured interview administered using a pretested questionnaire, data on child-oral impacts on daily performance (Child-OIDP), was collected to provide information on OHRQoL. Intra-oral clinical examination was conducted to assess caries experience using DMFT index. The data obtained was analyzed using STATA version 13.0 (STATA Corporation, College Station, Texas, USA). Logistic regression analysis was used to relate caries experience with OHRQoL. Results: The prevalence of dental caries for the participants was 56.2%, with a mean DMFT of 1.72±2.22. The children who had DMFT scores of 1–3 were 1.5 times likely to report an oral impact on daily performance compared to those who had zero DMFT score (OR = 1.48; 95% CI: 0.89, 2.55). Children with DMFT scores of 4 and above were nearly four times likely to report oral impacts on their daily life (OR = 3.62; 95% CI: 1.51, 7.74). Conclusion: In this study population, dental caries negatively affected the OHRQoL of the children. | |
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Keywords:
Dental caries, Oral health-related quality of life, Slum children
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Acknowledgements
We acknowledge the children, parents and teachers who participated in this study; Prof. Alice Lakati, and Mr. George Olilo for assisting with data analysis and Janet Mugo, Georgina Katethya and Peter Mugo for assisting with data collection. |
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Author Contributions
Immaculate Achieng’ Opondo – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Arthur Musakulu Kemoli – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published James Lwanga Ngesa – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published |
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Guarantor of submission
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Source of support
None |
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Conflict of interest
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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Copyright
© 2017 Immaculate Achieng Opondo et al. This article is distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original author(s) and original publisher are properly credited. Please see the copyright policy on the journal website for more information. |
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