Ieuan Davies, Chantal Meystre, Jeremy Dale
Do Healthy People Engage With Education About Death, Dying and Advance Care Planning? An Early Evaluation of the Omega Course
The American journal of hospice & palliative care
oral habits nail biting thumbdigit sucking teeth grinding could harmful may lead teeth misalignment anterior open bite protruded flared upper anterior teeth especially persist adolescence orofacial dysfunction may result impairment oral health related quality life ohrqol individual extent oral habits affect major domains selfreported outcomes remains understudied especially adolescence unique period growth increased aesthetic desire increased selfawareness unique social psychological needs aim study therefore determine prevalence oral habits association oral health related quality life adolescents crosssectional study conducted among 700 adolescents aged 10 19 years mean age 146 13 years attending 14 secondary schools ibadan nigeria data collected using selfadministered questionnaire assessed sociodemographic characteristics students oral habits ohrqol oral health impact profile 5 ohip5 data analyzed spss p value 5 mann whitney u statistics used test associations ohip5 scores presence absence oral habits logistic regression used multivariate analysis total 363 519 95ci 481556 bite nails 216 309 95ci 275344 breathe mouth 122 174 95ci 147204 suck lips 89 127 95ci 103154 grind teeth together 32 46 95ci 3167 sucked thumbs total 403 811 adolescents engaged least oral habit reported impairment ohrqol painful aching mouth frequently affected ohrqol item reported adolescents engaged oral habits sucked thumbs 23 95ci 1147 p 0028 sucked lips likely poorer ohrqol 16 95ci 1125 p 0024 oral habits prevalent among adolescents affected ohrqol sucked thumbs lips likely report poorer ohrqol