Patterns of Oral-Maxillofacial Trauma and Determinant Factors among Brazilian Victims of Physical Aggression: A 4-Year Study.

Autor: Nóbrega Barbosa, Kevan Guilherme, de Macedo Bernardino, Ítalo, Sobral Cavalcante, Gigliana Maria, Ferreira e Ferreira, Efigênia, de Castro Martins, Renata, d'Avila, Sérgio, Barbosa, Kevan Guilherme Nóbrega, Bernardino, Ítalo de Macedo, Cavalcante, Gigliana Maria Sobral, Ferreira, Efigênia Ferreira E, Martins, Renata de Castro
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Zdroj: Oral Health & Preventive Dentistry; 2018, Vol. 16 Issue 6, p483-489, 7p
Abstrakt: Purpose: To determine the prevalence of oral-maxillofacial trauma among Brazilian victims of physical aggression and identify its associated factors from a medico-legal and forensic perspective.Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out involving the analysis of complete medico-legal and social reports of 3668 victims of physical aggression treated at a centre of legal medicine and forensic dentistry over the course of four years. The dependent variable was the occurrence of oral-maxillofacial trauma. The independent variables were sociodemographic status and characteristics of physical aggression. Statistical analyses included the chi-squared test (p < 0.05) as well as univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses.Results: Oral-maxillofacial trauma occurred in 1655 cases (45.1%). Individuals who lived in suburban areas (OR = 1.32; 95%CI = 1.11-1.58) and those who were victims of community violence (OR = 1.20; 95%CI = 1.03-1.40) perpetrated by someone known to them (OR = 1.24; 95%CI = 1.03-1.40) using physical force (OR = 2.31; 95%CI = 1.96-2.72) on weekends (OR = 1.19; 95%CI = 1.04-1.37) and during nighttime hours (OR = 1.23; 95%CI = 1.08-1.41) were more likely to exhibit oral-maxillofacial trauma.Conclusion: The prevalence of oral-maxillofacial trauma was high and the associated factors were area of residence, type of violence, type of offender, mechanism of violence, day, and period of occurrence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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