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Impact Of Caries On Quality of Life In Adolescents: Meta-analysis
Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of dental caries on Oral Health Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) in adolescents.
Methods: An electronic search was conducted in MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane, ScieLo and Lilacs databases. The study eligibility criteria were primary studies published in English, Spanish and Portuguese that assessed OHRQoL in adolescents with dental caries using validated instruments. The selection process and data extraction were carried out by two researchers independently. The Effective Public Health Practice Project’s Quality Assessment Tool was used for the quality assessment. Random effects models were used to estimate pooled effect for continuous and categorical data.
Results: Of 1,152 identified articles, 29 studies (34 articles) met the inclusion criteria and fifteen were meta-analyzed. Twenty-eight studies were cross-sectional designs and one was a cohort study. Risk of bias was judged mainly as weak. Caries was significantly more likely to report any impact on OHRQoL than controls (OR=2.50, 95% IC: 1.47-4.26). The psychological (MD=0.75, 95%IC:0.24-1.27) and social (MD=0.71, 95%IC:0.23-1.19) domain were the most affected.
Conclusions: This review provides evidence that dental caries has a negative impact on OHRQoL in adolescents.
Methods: An electronic search was conducted in MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane, ScieLo and Lilacs databases. The study eligibility criteria were primary studies published in English, Spanish and Portuguese that assessed OHRQoL in adolescents with dental caries using validated instruments. The selection process and data extraction were carried out by two researchers independently. The Effective Public Health Practice Project’s Quality Assessment Tool was used for the quality assessment. Random effects models were used to estimate pooled effect for continuous and categorical data.
Results: Of 1,152 identified articles, 29 studies (34 articles) met the inclusion criteria and fifteen were meta-analyzed. Twenty-eight studies were cross-sectional designs and one was a cohort study. Risk of bias was judged mainly as weak. Caries was significantly more likely to report any impact on OHRQoL than controls (OR=2.50, 95% IC: 1.47-4.26). The psychological (MD=0.75, 95%IC:0.24-1.27) and social (MD=0.71, 95%IC:0.23-1.19) domain were the most affected.
Conclusions: This review provides evidence that dental caries has a negative impact on OHRQoL in adolescents.