Table 3 Medical health problems (chronic illness, general health problems and daily medication) in extremely preterm (EPT), very preterm (VPT), and full term-born adolescents at 12–14 and 17–19 years of age. Chi-square test. Further, participants with experience of orthodontic treatment and claimed orthodontic treatment need in extremely preterm (EPT), very preterm (VPT) and full term-born adolescents at 17–19 years of age
From: Do preterm-born adolescents have a poorer oral health-related quality of life?
12–14 years of age | 17–19 years of age | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EPT | VPT | Full term | p value | EPT | VPT | Full term | p value | |
N = 25 | N = 73 | N = 93 | N = 25 | N = 73 | N = 93 | |||
Chronic illness | 5 (20%) | 5 (7%) | 4 (4%) | 0.027* | 9 (36%) | 10 (14%) | 12 (13%) | 0.017** |
General health problems | 7 (28%) | 20 (27%) | 18 (19%) | 0.426 | 7 (28%) | 21 (29%) | 20 (22%) | 0.571 |
Daily medication | 4 (16%) | 7 (10%) | 7 (8%) | 0.418 | 6 (24%) | 13 (18%) | 10 (11%) | 0.192 |
Experience of orthodontic treatment | 9 (36%) | 28 (38%) | 26 (28%) | |||||
Fixed appliances | 6 (67%) | 15 (56%) | 15 (58%) | |||||
Removable appliances | 1 (11%) | 5 (19%) | 7 (27%) | |||||
Both fixed and removable appliances | 2 (22%) | 7 (26%) | 2 (8%) | |||||
Missing value | 1 (1.5%) | 2 (8%) | ||||||
Good satisfaction with orthodontic treatment (rating ≥ 70 on the VAS scale) | 7 (78%) | 21 (75%) | 22 (85%) | |||||
No experience of orthodontic treatment, but the participant wants to have treatment | 4 (16%) | 7 (10%) | 18 (19%) | |||||
Marked comments of why there is need for orthodontic treatment | ||||||||
Rotated teeth | 0 (0%) | 4 (57%) | 7 (39%) | |||||
Spacing | 0 (0%) | 1 (14%) | 5 (28%) | |||||
Crowded teeth | 1 (25%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (11%) | |||||
To optimise tooth-brushing | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (6%) | |||||
Several reasons, e.g., overjet, crowded teeth, specific esthetic reasons | 3 (75%) | 2 (29%) | 1 (6%) | |||||
Missing value | 2 (11%) | |||||||