Contexto familiar e necessidade de tratamento em pré-escolares avaliados pelo pse em Belo Horizonte

Abstract

Early childhood caries (IPC) is the presence of carious injury, loss or restoration in at least one deciduous tooth before 71 months of age, impacting the well-being and/ quality of life of the child and parents. It has a high prevalence in Brazil and worldwide, with a high rate of untreated teeth. In its etiology, IPC presents an association of biological and dietary, sociodemographic, psychosocial and environmental variables, involving the child, the family and the community. This study aimed to analyze the need for dental treatment and the family context in preschool children, evaluated by the School Health Program (PSE). This cross-sectional study was conducted with the main caregiver of the children evaluated by the PSE living in the area covered by the Alcides Lins health center in Belo Horizonte, and is a descriptive study. Primary data were collected by interview through a structured questionnaire with the main caregiver via telephone contact. This questionnaire included a socioeconomic, demographic and family questionnaire, the General Family Functioning Questionnaire, for the investigation of family functioning and the Self-Reporting Questionnaire for screening common mental disorders in the main caregiver. Secondary data included the records of the PSE database, to survey the study population and the need for dental treatment. This study had as product a scientific article that presents the following results: The median age of the children was 5 years and 32.80% needed treatment in relation to dental caries (NT). Most of the respondents were mothers (88.50%), had completed high school or more (52.50%) and were unemployed (49.20%). We found a resident/room ratio of 1.00, social support (family and friends) with a median of 1.00. The FGF scores presented median=3.00. The prevalence of CMD was 45.90%. There was a higher prevalence of need for treatment in families with lower income and with lower social support (family and friends<1) and lower prevalence of in traditional families. The fgf and prevalence of SRQ-20 values were similar among preschoolers with and without the need for dental treatment. A high prevalence of CMD and suicidal ideation was found. A technical product was also produced in the form of didactic or instructional material with the objective of sensitizing public health workers of the need for a better record of the data produced in the services