对患有的儿童进行的探索性研究及其与SARS-CoV-2的关系
Débora Heloísa Silva de Brito1, Thaysa Gomes Ferreira Tenório Dos Santos1, Juliane Rolim de Lavôr1
1Universidade de Pernambuco , School of Dentistry . Department of Pediatric Dentistry , Recife , PE , Brazil .
Brazilian oral research
|December 21, 2023
概括
这项研究探讨了儿童牙腐烂和COVID-19之间的联系. 虽然COVID-19的儿童表现出更多的,但这种差异在统计学上并不显著.
科学领域:
- 儿科牙科 儿科牙科
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 牙损是一种普遍的儿童疾病.
- SARS-CoV-2 (导致COVID-19的病毒) 的出现引发了关于与其他健康状况的潜在联系的问题.
- 了解儿童的并发病症对于公共卫生战略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查儿童牙损伤和COVID-19感染之间的关联.
- 为了确定牙腐烂的儿童是否更有可能具有SARS-CoV-2抗体.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及巴西54名6-9岁儿童的探索性研究.
- 牙科检查使用dmft和DMFT指数来诊断.
- 通过采集血液对SARS-CoV-2 IgM/IgG抗体进行血清检测.
- 父母报告疾病症状的情况.
主要成果:
- 大多数儿童 (68.5%) 患有牙损伤.
- 16.7%的儿童检测出COVID-19抗体呈阳性 (9名儿童).
- 阳性SARS-CoV-2儿童患病的发病率较高 (77.8%),相比于阴性儿童 (65.9%),但这在统计学上并不显著.
结论:
- 该研究发现了一种趋势,表明COVID-19的儿童可能有更多的牙损伤,但这种联系在统计学上并不显著.
- 需要进一步的研究来证实牙腐烂和COVID-19在儿科患者群体之间的任何潜在联系.
- 这项探索性研究强调了在传染病爆发期间监测儿童口腔健康的重要性.
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