Banca de DEFESA: Ingrid de Souza Pessôa

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STUDENT : Ingrid de Souza Pessôa
DATE: 21/06/2024
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Plataforma Teams
TITLE:

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MATERNAL SENSE OF COHERENCE AND CARIES DISEASE IN 4-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY NESTED IN A COHORT

KEY WORDS:

“Dental caries; Child; Sense of coherence; Pediatric dentistry.”

PAGES: 100
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Odontologia
SUMMARY:

“The sense of coherence (SOC) can be considered a personal and subjective way of interpreting and dealing with everyday events. According to this concept, the greater an individual's SOC, the greater their ability to adapt to the environment and, consequently, the greater the chances of them adopting appropriate and positive health behaviors. Aaron Antonovsky, the author of the concept, covers three dimensions for assessing SOC: comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness. As well as contributing to psycho-emotional balance, a higher SOC can have a significant impact on the general and oral health of adults and children. The aim of this study was to demonstrate a possible association between maternal sense of coherence and caries experience in children. A crosssectional observational study was carried out with 4-year-old children belonging to a birth cohort at the University Hospital of Brasilia (HUB). The independent variable “sense of coherence” was measured using a 13-item questionnaire of the same name, while the dependent variable “caries experience” was measured using the Caries Assessment Spectrum and Treatment (CAST) instrument. In order to control for confounding bias, variables such as the child's age and gender, socioeconomic status, presence of visible plaque and gingival bleeding, daily brushing frequency, use of fluoridated toothpaste, access to fluoridated water supplies, daily sugar intake and exclusive breastfeeding for up to 6 months were considered in the study. Descriptive statistics and adjusted and unadjusted negative binomial regression models were used to analyze the relationship between the variables. Based on an initial group of 969 children recruited for the birth cohort, and meeting the eligibility criteria, a total of 254 children formed the final sample of this study. Among them, the prevalence of caries was 49.2% (125). SOC, in turn, was significantly associated with socioeconomic status, with the lower classes having a higher SOC (p=0.03), but there was no significant association with the presence of caries (p=0.45), nor with the number of decayed primary teeth (p=0.55). Through negative binomial regression analysis, SOC was a negative predictor, but was not associated with the number of decayed teeth per child (β -0.01; RTI 0.98; 95% CI 0.95-1.02; p=0.55), however it was possible to identify that children with gingival bleeding have 1.94 times more decayed teeth than children who did not have gingival bleeding (95% CI 1.01-3.71; p=0.04). We conclude that SOC is not associated with caries experience in 4-year-old children.”

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externa à Instituição - MARIANE CARDOSO - UFSC
Presidente - 1380052 - CARLA MASSIGNAN
Interna - 3273888 - NICOLE AIMEE RODRIGUES JOSE
Externa à Instituição - PATRÍCIA PAULETTO - UDLA - EC