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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019

Family Affluence Based Inequality in Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in a Population of Lithuanian Adolescents.

Apolinaras Zaborskis, Aistė Kavaliauskienė, Antanas Šidlauskas

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Apolinaras ZaborskisDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Public Health, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Tilžės street 18, LT-47181 Kaunas, Lithuania. apolinaras.zaborskis@lsmuni.lt.
Aistė KavaliauskienėDepartment of Orthodontics, Faculty of Odontology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, A.Lukšos-Daumanto street 6, LT-50106 Kaunas, Lithuania. aiste.kavaliauskiene@lsmuni.lt.
Antanas ŠidlauskasDepartment of Orthodontics, Faculty of Odontology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, A.Lukšos-Daumanto street 6, LT-50106 Kaunas, Lithuania. antanas.sidlauskas@lsmuni.lt.

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backgroundThe social inequalities in oral health have had increasing attention in recent years. The present study aimed to explore the impact of family affluence on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) among Lithuanian adolescents aged 11-18 years.

methodsThe cross-sectional, population-based study included a representative sample of 881 adolescents aged 11-18 years (mean = 15.55; SD = 1.51) randomly selected from 20 schools in Lithuania. The schoolchildren completed questionnaires to evaluate their OHRQoL using a Lithuanian version of the Child Perceptions Questionnaire (CPQ). The adolescents' family affluence was indirectly assessed by inquiring whether they possessed various modern life items. In dental examination, the severity of malocclusion was predetermined by the Index of Complexity, Outcome, and Need (ICON). The relationship among variables was examined employing the negative binomial regression and the path analysis.

resultsThe sum score of CPQ as a whole and the sum scores of all four domains were significantly associated with family affluence, indicating higher OHRQoL among adolescents from more affluent families. The severity of malocclusion had a significant association with emotional and social well-being domains of OHRQoL only.

conclusionThis study evidences the family affluence based inequality in OHRQoL among Lithuanian adolescents.

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FamilyIncomeQuality of LifeSocioeconomic FactorsAdolescentChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansLithuaniaMaleMalocclusionOral HealthSchoolsSurveys and QuestionnairesWhite Peopleadolescentschild perceptions questionnairefamily affluenceLithuaniamalocclusionoral health-related quality of lifesocial inequality in health

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