Gilchrist, F., Marshman, Z., Deery, C. et al. (1 more author) (2015) The impact of dental caries on children and young people: What they have to say? International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 25 (5). 327 - 338. ISSN 0960-7439
Abstract
Background: Dental caries affects 60-90% of children across the world and is associated with a variety of negative impacts. Despite its ubiquity, there has been surprisingly little exploration of these impacts from the child's perspective.
Aim: The aim was to allow children to describe the impact of dental caries on their daily lives and to describe the terminology they used.
Design: Children, aged 5-15 years, with caries experience were purposively sampled from primary and secondary care dental clinics. Focus groups (n = 5) and in-depth interviews (n = 16) were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Data analysis took a narrative approach, and themes were derived from the data using framework analysis.
Results: Pain was the main theme to emerge. Within this, three subthemes were identified: impacts related to pain, strategies adopted to reduce pain, and emotional aspects resulting from pain. A second theme was also identified relating to the aesthetic aspects of caries.
Conclusion: Children as young as 5 years of age were able to competently discuss their experiences of dental caries. Participants reported a number of impacts affecting various aspects of their lives. These will be incorporated into the future development of a caries-specific measure of oral health-related quality of life.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 BSPD, IAPD and John Wiley & Son. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Clinical Dentistry (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2016 10:50 |
Last Modified: | 06 Nov 2017 09:19 |
Published Version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ipd.12186 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/ipd.12186 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:93275 |