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Family impacts of children's malocclusion

Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate to what extent malocclusions, altered oral function and psychosocial weilbeing influence family realtions. Materials and methods: The study included 193 participants (children aged 11-14 years ; 53% female) and their parents (84% mothers) recruited at the University Dental Clinics in Rijeka and Zagreb, Croatia, throughout 2017-2020. Severity of malocclusion was assesed by Index of Orthodontic Treatmend Need Dental Helath Component (IOTN DHC). Children and their parents reported childrens oral symptoms (OS), functional limitations (FL), psychological (PW) and social weilbeing (SW) by Child Perception Questionnaire and Parental-Caregiver Perception Questionnaire. Family impact scale was self-administrated by parents. Predictors of family impacts were analysed by mutiple linear regression analysis. Results: Family impacts reported by parents were more related to parental perception of child's qulity of life than child's reports and more by EW and SW than OS and FL. In mutiple regression, when all predictors were controlled for significant predictors of family impacts were parental perception of child's EW, OS and SW (p<0.001). Child's perception of his own quality of life, parental perception of child's FL, objective severity of malocclusion or gender of a child were not significant predictors (Adjusted R2=0.656 ; p<0.001), and parental EW had the bigest individual influence. Conclusion: Family relations appear to more influenced by parental perception of alteration of child's quality of life reather than children's persective of impairment, child's gender or objective severity of malocclusion.

Child ; Oral health ; Quality of life ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Validation study

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