Key factors associated with oral health-related quality of life in Sri Lankan adolescents: a cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Oral Health Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) measures have emerged as an important oral health outcome that is able to reveal the subjective burden of illness due to oral diseases. The association between sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors, clinical dental conditions and OHRQoL indicators has been investigated in adolescent populations across the world. The purpose of this study was to investigate key factors associated with oral health-related quality of life of Sri Lankan adolescents.

Methods

A cross sectional study was conducted in a sample of 15-19 year-old secondary school students in the Gampaha district of Sri Lanka. The data was collected using two self-administered questionnaires. A modified Sinhalese version of the Oral Impact on Daily Performanc

SUBMITTER: Amilani U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8082852 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature