Prevalence of mucosa injuries and its impact on the quality of life of schools
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7308/aodontol/2020.56.e23Keywords:
Quality of life, Pathology, oral, Mouth Mucosa, ChildAbstract
Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of oral mucosa lesions and their impact on oral health-related quality of life in children enrolled in the city schools of Caicó, Rio Grande do Norte (RN), Brazil.
Methods: Seventy-one schoolchildren, from 8 to 10 years of age, regularly enrolled in the Caicó/RN City School System, were selected. The sample was divided into two groups: the Injury Group (IG): comprised of 26 children with oral lesions and the Control Group (CG): comprised of 45 children who did not present oral lesions. Oral lesions were identified by clinical examination with the aid of wooden spatulas. The children answered questionnaires (CPQ8-10) about oral health-related quality of life. Intergroup comparison was performed to assess the quality of life and its components by the Student’s t-test. In all tests, significance levels of 5% were adopted.
Results: The prevalence of children with mucosal lesions was 36.61% (n = 26). The most common types of lesions were aphthous ulcers, at 23.94% (n = 17), and mucocele, at 5.63% (n = 4). A statistically significant difference was observed in the quality of life correlation between the evaluated groups. Patients without oral lesions had a better quality of life than did the group of lesions (p = 0.045).
Conclusion: Oral lesions have a negative impact on the oral health-related quality of life in children from 8 to 10 years of age.
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