Saúde e qualidade de vida de adolescentes de um assentamento rural no Pontal do Paranapanema-SP

• Autor(a) principal: Leão, Milene Moreira [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/124029; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/20-05-2015/000829189.pdf
• topic: Saúde bucal; Qualidade de vida; Adolescentes; População rural; Igualdade; Oral Health

Habits, behavior, oral health and quality of life of adolescents have been focused on recent researches, but few of them study situation of those who lives in rural and remote areas, considered socially excluded. It was aimed to verify diet and hygiene habits, behaviors, consumption of alcohol and tobacco, Body Mass Index (BMI), oral health condition, needs for dental treatment, impact of oral health on quality of life of adolescents from rural settlement in Brazil, considering inequality in dental services accessibility. In this crosssectional and epidemiological survey, 180 11- to 18- years-old adolescents from rural settlement were interviewed and examined, using the instruments: Global School-based Student Health Survey, WHOQOL-Bref (World Health Organization - Quality of Life) and OIDP (Oral Impact on Daily Performance). DMFT (decayed, missing and filled teeth) and CPI (community periodontal index) indexes were applied in oral examination. In bivariate analysis, Chi-squared, Fisher's and Mann-Whitney Tests were used, and lately, logistic regression model. About the access, 53.3% of interviewed people consulted a dentist over the last year and the other part, more than two years ago. Toothache was the main reason for the last consult (69.5%). The adolescents consumed soft-drinks (25.2%), fast-foods and snacks (41.9%), sugared tea or coffee (59.8%). Oral hygiene was performed with toothpick (19.0%) and toothbrushing (97.2%); dental fosse was not used by 71.5 of population. Overall, 12.9% reported difficulty on chewing due to oral problems, and although 55.8% of adolescents had demonstrated satisfaction with own dental appearance, 19.6% avoided to smile. It was noted consumption of alcoholic drinks (32.4%), tobacco (3.9%) and 13.4% was obese. DMFT average was 5.49 (± 3,33) and the majority (58.9%) had DMFT ≥ 5. Periodontitis...