The relationship between children's oral health behaviours and oral health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding oral health behaviour s and their impact on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) may serve as an instrument to articulate the conventional oral health policy framework, thereby ameliorating the overall health of young individuals in the long term.

Objective

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between children's oral health behaviour s and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in the capital governorate, Kuwait.

Methods

A cross-sectional study involving 607 children aged 12-14 years, randomly selected from schools in Kuwait Capital Region. A validated Oral Health Behaviour s and OHRQoL Child Perception Questionnaires (CPQ_12-14) was used to collect the data. Chi-square, t-tests, and ANOVA were used to exami

SUBMITTER: Boodai H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10576284 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature