Nadeem, Saman (2021) Parental Perception On Quality Of Life Of Their Children Following Dental Treatment Under General Anaesthesia. Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
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Abstract
General anaesthesia (GA) is extensively used to deliver safe and effective dental treatment for paediatric patients with physical, mental and medically compromising conditions who fail to respond to other behaviour modification techniques. This study's objective is to determine the importance and acceptance of general anaesthesia among parents whose child has undergone treatment under GA at Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia and the impact of treatment under GA has on their child’s Oral Health Quality of Life (OHQoL). Part 1 of this study, 113 records (October 2015 - February 2019) were retrived to find out the type of treatment performed and reasons for the treatment being provided under GA. Simultaneously, only 56 out of 113 parents from the record responded to answer parents' perception and satisfaction on dental treatment under GA using a questionnaire adapted from the Parents and Caregivers Perception Questionnaire (PCPQ) and Cleft Evaluation Profile (CEP). For part 2, it was pre and post-treatment study where 58 parents with children (March 2019 - December 2019) registered for their treatment under GA were requested to answer the same questionnaire as in Part 1. The results showed the main type of treatment performed was extractions of deciduous teeth (93.0%) and restoration using stainless steel crowns and Glass ionomer cement. The reasons for administering GA were total oral rehabilitation (72.5%) due to rampant caries, medical (18.7%) and behavioural problems (8.8%). The total mean(SD) score for P- CPQ was 57.44 (17.75), and for Facial Evaluation Profile was 17.44 (9.59). All the 56 parents (100%) were satisfied with the dental treatment under GA. For pre and post-treatment study, there is a significant difference between the mean score of P-CPQ pre-treatment and post-treatment for oral symptoms, functional limitation, emotional well-being, and social well-being with a P-value of 0.007, 0.006, 0.001 and 0.043, respectively. However, there is no significant difference in the facial evaluation profile with P=0.385. Oral rehabilitation was the reason of providing treatment under GA and SSC were used to protect posterior dentition, whereas GIC was the material of choice. Acceptance by parents on treatment under GA for children could be seen in this study with a positive effect on OHRQoL of their child. All the respondents reported satisfied with the dental treatment provided under GA. Generally, there was a significant improvement in the quality of life of the patient’s post-treatment. Further study with a larger number of subjects may give a more precise results.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine |
| Divisions: | Institut Perubatan & Pergigian Termaju (Advanced Medical & Dental Institute (AMDI)) > Thesis |
| Depositing User: | NOR HASHIMY BIN ABDULLAH |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Apr 2026 07:28 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Apr 2026 07:28 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/63929 |
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