Santhosh Kumar|Jeroen Kroon|Ratilal Lalloo
A systematic review of the impact of parental socio-economic status and home environment characteristics on children’s oral health related quality of life
childhood circumstances socioeconomic status family structure found influence psychological psychosocial attributes oral health related quality life ohrqol children therefore aim study conduct systematic review published literature assess influence parental socioeconomic status ses home environment childrens ohrqol systematic search conducted august 2013 using pubmed medline via ovid cinahl plus via ebsco cochrane databases studies analysed effect parental characteristics ses family environment family structure number siblings household crowding parents age parents oral health literacy childrens ohrqol included quality assessment articles done effective public health practice projects quality assessment tool quantitative studies database search retrieved total 2849 titles removing duplicates 36 articles found relevant studies conducted brazilian children published recent two years early childhood oral health impact scale childrens perception questionnaire1114 instruments choice preschool school aged children respectively findings majority studies suggest children families high income parental education family economy better ohrqol mothers age family structure household crowding presence siblings significant predictors childrens ohrqol however definitive conclusions studies reviewed possible due differences study population parental characteristics considered methods used statistical tests performed