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Impact of Malocclusion on children studying in Government High Schools in Mardan: Impact of Malocclusion on Children
| العنوان: | Impact of Malocclusion on children studying in Government High Schools in Mardan: Impact of Malocclusion on Children |
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| المؤلفون: | Qazi, Noor ul Ain, Gul, Hafsa, Ali Shah, Syed Wasif, Salman Khan, Muhammad, Afridi, Uzma, Falak, Nazish |
| المصدر: | Pakistan Journal of Health Sciences; 2023: Volume 04 Issue 01 (January Issue); 73-77 ; 2790-9352 ; 2790-9344 ; 10.54393/pjhs.v4i01 |
| بيانات النشر: | CrossLinks International Publishers |
| سنة النشر: | 2023 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | OASIS (Oral Aesthetic Subjective Impact Scale), QoL (Quality of Life), Mardan |
| الوصف: | The facial looks have an impact on self-esteem and emotional well-being, playing an important role in social interactions. Changing in these functions will therefore affect the standard of living of children. Objective: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effect of malocclusion on psychological well-being on school going children using the OASIS aged between 13-17 years attending government high schools in Mardan District. Methods: This was a Descriptive Cross-Sectional Survey conducted at the government schools of Mardan. It was carried out within a period of six month from December, 2021 till May 2022 after consent from Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Bacha Khan Medical College, Mardan vide No. 39/2021/ERB. The sample was chosen using a random cluster sampling technique with probability related to size. The design effect was taken into account as the cluster sampling approach was applied, and a sample size of 850 was achieved. (600 boys and 250 girl participants were involved respectively from government high schools). Results: A total of 850 subjects were included in the study of which there were 600 (70%) males and 250 (30%) were females. The age range was 13-17 years with a mean age 15 years +1.37 (S.D) years. Conclusions: Angle’s malocclusion was established in 73.1% of the subjects. The least affected psychologically was normal occlusion with (100%) good psychological well-being followed by Angle’s class I malocclusion having good psychological well-being (76.8%). |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | https://thejas.com.pk/index.php/pjhs/article/view/462/310; https://thejas.com.pk/index.php/pjhs/article/view/462 |
| DOI: | 10.54393/pjhs.v4i01.462 |
| الاتاحة: | https://thejas.com.pk/index.php/pjhs/article/view/462 https://doi.org/10.54393/pjhs.v4i01.462 |
| Rights: | Copyright (c) 2023 Pakistan Journal of Health Sciences ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.746ED5B4 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.54393/pjhs.v4i01.462 |
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