Oral health-related quality of life in 4-16-year-olds with and without juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have investigated oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in young individuals with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Aims were to investigate whether OHRQoL differs between children and adolescents with JIA compared to controls without JIA, while adjusting for socio-demographic-, behavioral- and oral health-related covariates. Furthermore, to explore whether socio-behavioral and oral health-related covariates of OHRQoL vary according to group affiliation and finally, specifically for individuals with JIA, to investigate whether disease-specific features associate with OHRQoL. We hypothesized that participants with JIA have poorer OHRQoL compared to participants without JIA.

Methods

In this comparative cross-sectional study participants with JI

SUBMITTER: Gil EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9450232 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature