Evaluation of oral health-related quality of life in children with acute lymphocytic leukemia/acute myelocytic leukemia: A cross-sectional study.

Autor: Kilic M; Department of Pedodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey., Gunen Yilmaz S; Department of Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey., Kockopru ZM; Department of Pedodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Oral diseases [Oral Dis] 2024 May; Vol. 30 (4), pp. 2663-2669. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 19.
DOI: 10.1111/odi.14614
Abstrakt: Objective: Chemotherapy and radiotherapy, used to treat childhood hematological malignancies (acute lymphocytic leukemia [ALL] and acute myelocytic leukemia [AML]) can negatively affect oral tissues and organs. This study aimed to evaluate the oral health-related quality of life in children with ALL/AML.
Materials and Methods: A total of 99 children, including 49 undergoing ALL/AML (41 with ALL and eight with AML) and 50 healthy volunteers, were included in this cross-sectional study. The mean age of the entire study group was 78.63 ± 34.41 months. The mean age of the ALL/AML and control groups was 87.12 ± 35.04 and 70.95 ± 34.85 months, respectively. The Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (SOHI), the Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth (DMFT/dmft) index, and the Turkish version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS-T) were administered to all children. The data were analyzed using SPSS software (version 22.0). The Pearson chi-square and Fisher's exact tests were used to compare demographic data.
Results: The age and gender distributions of the two groups were similar. According to ECOHIS-T, the children in the ALL/AML group had significantly more loss of function (eating, drinking, sleeping, etc.) than those in the control group.
Conclusions: Oral health and self-care were negatively affected by childhood ALL/AML and its treatment.
(© 2023 The Authors. Oral Diseases published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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