Abstract

ABANTO, Jenny et al. Agreement between the nucleus family reports regarding child's quality of life. Rev. Assoc. Paul. Cir. Dent. [online]. 2014, vol.68, n.1, pp. 44-48. ISSN 0004-5276.

Objective: To assess the agreement between father, mother and children regarding child's oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). Methods: A total of 80 mother-father-child triads answered the Brazilian version of the Scale of Oral Health Outcomes for 5-year-old children (SOHO-5), validated for children aged 5-6 years and their parents. The SOHO-5 was completed through face-to-face independent interviews. Agreement between total and items scores was assessed using mean comparisons and correlation analyses by computing the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC). Results: There were significant differences between the mean total scores for father-child pairs (p<0.001) and items related to avoid smiling due to pain and avoid smiling due to appearance (p<0.01). The ICC for total score was 0.83 (CI 95% 0.74; 0.89) for mother-child pairs and 0.41 (CI 95% 0.09; 0.63) for father-child pairs indicating an excellent and moderate agreement, respectively. Conclusions: Mothers do rate their children's OHRQoL similarly to children's self-reports, while fathers underreport the impact. Mothers may be considered preferable proxies than fathers.

Keywords : child; family; oral health..