Impacto de la salud bucal sobre la calidad de vida en escolares de 8 a 10 años de centros educativos Cañar - 2019

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of oral health on the quality of life in schoolchildren from 8 to 10 years of age in Cañar schools, period 2019. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was of quantitative approach, descriptive design and cross section, the sample was made up by 187 students from different educational centers in the city of Cañar between the ages of 8 to 10 years, to whom a survey was applied using the oral health perception questionnaire (short CPQ) which consists of 16 questions divided into four dimensions. Statistical analysis was evidenced in frequency tables, the chi-square test was used. RESULTS: The problems that affected the most were, food stuck between teeth with 38.50%, followed by problems eating hard things with 13%, and bleeding in the gums when eating or brushing teeth with 11.76%, affecting more the Oral Symptomatology dimension followed by Functional Limitation, the least affected dimension was Social Well-being with its question # 13 it avoids participating in classes for the pain of mispronouncing some words with 2%. No significant difference was found in any of the dimensions. CONCLUSION: It is evident that oral health difficulties negatively affect the lives of students, being more prevalent in the female sex, thus affecting their quality of life.