COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF PARENTAL PERCEPTIONS OF THE ORAL HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE OF AUTISTIC AND NON-AUTISTIC CHILDREN AFTER FULL MOUTH REHABILITATION UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA: A COHORT STUDY
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https://doi.org/10.52764/jms.23.31.4.7Keywords:
General Anesthesia, P-CPQ, Autistic children, Non-autistic childrenAbstract
Objective: To compare parental perceptions of autistic and non-autistic children's oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) after dental rehabilitation under general anesthesia (GA). Methods and Materials: A total of 114 autistic children and 116 non-autistic children participated in the study. Two years after GA treatment, participating parents completed a brief version of the Perceptions Questionnaire (P-CPQ) and Family Impact Scale (FIS). Demographic data was collected. Oral symptoms, social health, psychology, functional limitation, and family affect ratings. Mean, standard deviation, and statistical differences between groups were analyzed using SPSS. Results: Of the total 230 children, 114 autistic children (61 boys and 53 girls) were aged 2–6 years (mean 5.0 years; SD ±1.1), and 116 non-autistic children (78 boys and 38 girls) were aged 1–6 years (mean 3.8 years; SD ±1.9). The P-CPQ for parental perception compared between autistic and non-autistic children revealed that autistic children had significantly better P-CPQ scores than non-autistic children. However, when the scores were compared according to the domains, the difference was statistically not significant. Autistic children had higher overall FIS scores than non-autistic children. When scores were compared according to the domains, a statistically significant difference was found only with parental emotions.
Conclusion: There was no difference in the P-CPQ between autistic and non-autistic children, thus suggesting that the impact of complete rehabilitation under GA is beneficial to autistic children. Parent emotions may not change immediately following the complete rehabilitation under GA which may be required to handle separately to boost the confidence of the patient.
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