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Table 2 Background and study characteristics of studies conducted in adolescents as well as children aged 10-21 years old

From: A systematic review of the impact of parental socio-economic status and home environment characteristics on children’s oral health related quality of life

Study design

Study sample characteristics

Age of the sample

Sample size (response rate)

OHRQOL instrument and method of administration

Parental characteristics studied

Significant parental characteristics in unadjusted analysis

Significant parental characteristics in adjusted analysis

Insignificant parental characteristics

Quality

Reference

CS

Public school children in grade 6 of Kilwa district, Tanzania

10-19

1780 (72.6%)

Child-OIDP (Kiswahili version) by interviewing subjects

Mother’s education

Family wealth index on eating and leaning

Family wealth index on eating and speaking

Mother’s education

Moderate

[39]

Father’s education

Father’s education

Family wealth index

CS

Sub-sample of the sixth Thailand national oral health survey

15

811 (93.1%)

OIDP by interviewing children

Daily pocket money

None

None

Daily pocket money

Moderate

[34]

CS

Secondary school children, Sao Paulo, Brazil

15-16

1060 (48.1%)

OIDP attributed to malocclusion by interviewing the subjects

Socio-economic status (a composite measure recorded based on participation of the head of household in the production or distribution processes)

None

Not conducted

Socio-economic status

Weak

[24]

CS

School children of metropolitan/non-metropolitan and urban/rural areas of Greece

15-18

515

OHIP-14 questionnaire by children in face to face interviews

Parental education

None

Not done

Parental education

Weak

[44]

Parental Occupation

Parental Occupation

CS

High school children of the province of Santiago, Chile

12-21

9155 (99.9%)

Modified OHIP-Sp questionnaire by children

Household size

Household size

Household size

None

Moderate

[37]

Housing status

Housing status

Housing status

Number of cars owned by the family

Number of cars owned by the family

Number of cars owned by the family

Paternal income

Paternal income

Paternal income

Level of mother’s education

Mother’s education

Mother’s education

CS

Secondary school students of Arusha, Northern Tanzania

12-21

2412 (80.7%)

Child-OIDP (Kiswahili version) questionnaire by subjects

Father’s education

Mother’s education

Family SES

Household wealth index

Moderate

[41]

Mother’s education

Father’s education

Parents affording dental care

Family socio-economic status (perceived affluence of household)

Parents affording dental care

Household wealth index (based on durable household assets indicative of family wealth)

Family SES

Parents affording dental care

  1. CS - Cross-sectional; OIDP - Oral Impacts on Daily Performance; OHIP - Oral Health Impact Profile.