Sociodemographic, behavioral, and oral factors associated with failure in adolescent schoolchildren
a cross-sectional study
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https://doi.org/10.35699/2178-1990.2022.38945Keywords:
Education, Adolescent, Oral health, Underachievement, Academic failureAbstract
Aim: to evaluate the association between sociodemographic, social and oral factors, and school failure among adolescents.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional and analytical study carried out with 251 adolescents, between 14 and 18 years of age, from five state schools in the city of Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. This work evaluated the outcome variable of school failure, and the independent variables included sociodemographic, social, and oral factors. To assess the association between the variables, simple and multiple logistic regressions were performed, with the variables presenting p≤0.05 remaining in the final model after adjustments for the other variables.
Results: Most participants were female (61.8%), up to 16 years of age (58.6%), who had more than one sibling (60.2%), and whose level of education of the heads of the household was over eight years (71.3%). School failure was reported by 12.7% of the adolescents. In the final adjusted model, school failure remained associated with adolescents who had more than one sibling (OR = 3.79: 95% CI: 1.34-10.73), who went to the dentist the last time due to pain (OR = 3.00: 95% CI: 1.26-7.15) and a negative oral health self-assessment (OR = 5.50: 95% CI: 2.10-14.36).
Conclusion: Sociodemographic and oral factors were associated with school failure in adolescents. In this context, it is recommended to continue intersectoral actions and public policies between education and health to improve the oral health of schoolchildren and, consequently, their academic performance.
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