Impact of oral hygiene habits on oral health-related quality of life of in-school adolescents in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

Authors

  • Dr. Prateek Singh 1-4 Rama Dental College Hospital and Research Centre, Rama University, Mandhana, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Author
  • Dr. Nidhi Pruthi Shukla 1-4 Rama Dental College Hospital and Research Centre, Rama University, Mandhana, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Author
  • Dr. Surbhit Singh 1-4 Rama Dental College Hospital and Research Centre, Rama University, Mandhana, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Author
  • Dr. Vaibhav Bansal 1-4 Rama Dental College Hospital and Research Centre, Rama University, Mandhana, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Author
  • Dr. Rohma Yusuf 1-4 Rama Dental College Hospital and Research Centre, Rama University, Mandhana, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India Author

Abstract

Abstract: Background: Recent evidence has shown that the prevalence of periodontal diseases is still high among adolescents and, thus, there is an impetus to promote good oral hygiene habits among them through schools. There is a need to provide baseline data on the oral hygiene habits of  adolescents  and  how  it  impacts  their  oral  health-related  quality  of  life  for  appropriate intervention  to  be  instituted.  Moreover,  oral  health-related  quality  of  life  describes  how  oral health  affects  the  daily  activities  of  individuals;  thus,  it  provides  a  holistic  means  of  involving individuals in making decisions about their oral health including uptake of oral hygiene habits.
Aim: To  assess  the  impact  of  oral  hygiene  habits  on  adolescents'  oral  health-related  quality  of life.
Methods: A  cross-sectional  study  was  conducted  among  1,800  adolescents  aged  14–18  years attending  36  Senior  Secondary  Schools  in  Kanpur  ,  Uttar  Pradesh.  Data  were  collected  using  a self-administered questionnaire, which assessed students' sociodemographic characteristics, oral hygiene  habits,  and  oral  health-related  quality  of  life  with  COHIP-SF19.  Data  obtained  was analyzed with SPSS version 25 and the p-value was set at <5%.
 Results: The mean age of the adolescents was 15.16 (±1.16) years. Many 1,094 (60.3%) cleaned their  teeth  twice  or  more  often  daily  with  126  (7.0%)  cleaning  after  meals  and  1,519  (84.4%)changing their tooth cleaning agent at three months intervals or less. About 1,215 (67.5%) spent three minutes or longer in cleaning their teeth. Only a few 238 (13.2%) cleaned interdentally and 137 (7.6%) used dental floss. The OHRQoL scores of the adolescents ranged from 9–76. A total of 1,612 (93.5%) had at least an impact on their OHRQoL. Those who cleaned their teeth more frequently (twice or more) were more likely to have better OHRQoL (OR = 1.6, 95% CI = 1.1–2.4, p = 0.025)  and  those  who  did  not  clean  interdentally  were  more  likely  to  have  better OHRQoL (OR = 2.8, 95% CI = 1.2–6.5, p = 0.014) than others.

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Singh, P., Pruthi Shukla, N., Singh, S., Bansal, V., & Yusuf, R. (2018). Impact of oral hygiene habits on oral health-related quality of life of in-school adolescents in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. History of Medicine, 5(1). https://historymedjournal.com/HOM/index.php/medicine/article/view/204