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SynthesisClinical oral investigations2018

Oral health-related quality of life changes in children following dental treatment under general anaesthesia: a meta-analysis.

Joon Soo Park, Robert P Anthonappa, Rana Yawary, Nigel M King, Luc C Martens

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Synthesis in Clinical oral investigations, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Comparison of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life scores in children treated for early childhood caries under general and local anesthesia: a quasi-experimental study.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2023
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  8. Children and parents perspectives on children's dental treatment under general anesthesia: a narratology from Saskatoon, Canada.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Joon Soo ParkPaediatric Oral Health Research Group, School of Dentistry, The University of Western Australia, 17 Monash Avenue, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia.
Robert P AnthonappaPaediatric Oral Health Research Group, School of Dentistry, The University of Western Australia, 17 Monash Avenue, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia. robert.anthonappa@uwa.edu.au.
Rana YawaryPaediatric Oral Health Research Group, School of Dentistry, The University of Western Australia, 17 Monash Avenue, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia.
Nigel M KingPaediatric Oral Health Research Group, School of Dentistry, The University of Western Australia, 17 Monash Avenue, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia.
Luc C MartensPAECOMEDIS Research Cluster, Section Paediatric Dentistry, The University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo conduct a meta-analysis of studies that have employed the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) and Child Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (COHRQoL) instruments, to evaluate the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) changes in children following dental treatment under general anaesthesia (DGA).

methodA systematic search of 5 databases was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines. The inclusion criteria were use of ECOHIS and COHRQoL, pre-and post-operative assessments, patients aged between 0 and 16 years, no restrictions on the follow-up period and DGA. The primary outcome measure was changes in quality of life for both the children, which was based on mean difference (MD). Twenty-two articles were included in the meta-analysis.

resultsA favourable outcome in OHRQoL was identified in all studies. The combined MD for ECOHIS and COHRQoL were 1.62 [95% CI 1.52-1.71; P < 0.00001; I2 = 0%] and 0.86 [95% CI 0.74-0.99; P < 0.00001; I2 = 0%], respectively, both with no evidence of heterogeneity.

conclusionThere is evidence to support that the OHRQoL of children was improved, with large effect size, in the short-term following DGA. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Dental treatment under GA significantly improved the OHRQoL of children.

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Anesthesia, GeneralDental Care for ChildrenOral HealthQuality of LifeAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolHumansInfantSurveys and QuestionnairesChildrenDental treatmentGeneral anaesthesiaImpactQuality of life

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PMID29427008

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