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. 1998 Jul 1;89(4):274–279. doi: 10.1007/BF03403935

Association des variables socio-économiques avec la prévalence de la carie dentaire chez les écoliers québécois de deuxième et sixième année en 1989–1990

Jean-Marc Brodeur 116,✉, Martin Payette 216, Christophe Bedos 316
PMCID: PMC6990246  PMID: 9735525

Abstract

Objectives: 1) To determine caries risk factors in second and sixth grade Quebec children; 2) To test multivariate models which identify children as belonging to a high prevalence group.

Methods: For the 1989–90 Santé Dentaire Québec survey, 2,291 second grade and 2,111 sixth grade school children responded to a questionnaire on their personal habits of hygiene and diet and underwent a clinical examination, while their parents answered a questionnaire regarding their family’s socioeconomic status.

Results: Statistics demonstrate a stronger link between socioeconomic variables and caries prevalence than demographic and sanitary factors. Children emerging from a high socioeconomic milieu have better dental health than children with low socioeconomic standing. The most effective model, however, registers a sensitivity of 65% and a specificity of 66%, revealing the inadequacy of statistical models to accurately identify children in the caries high prevalence group.

Footnotes

Cette recherche a été subventionnée par le Programme National de Recherche et de Développement en matière de Santé (PNRDS), et le Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ).

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