Qualidade de vida e saúde bucal de um grupo de crianças beneficiadas peloPrograma Bolsa Família, Belo Horizonte MG

Abstract

The buccal health has been directly connected with quality of life. The utilization of instruments developed specifically to evaluate the quality of life related with children`s buccal health is recent. The present work aim is to know the perception about the impact in oral health, quality of life proposing care strategies. To evaluate the quality of life related with oral health in children with the age of 8-10 years old, treated by the Family Scholarship Program. It was used an instrument CPQ 8-10 approved in the Brazilian version and the needs of odontological treatment have been measured by means of the Index of Necessity of Odontological Treatment (INTO).The children answered the questionnaire CPQ 8-10 after their parents had signed The Free Agreement and Enlightened Term.The appliance of the questionnaires and the codification through INTO were held by a dental surgeon in the office of Centro deSaúde Conjunto Santa Maria, Regional Centro-Sul, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.The sample was composed with twenty-three (23) children with the age of 8-10 years old, who manifested comprehension of the questionnaire during the fill out of the form. According to INTO, 73,9 % presented the necessity of repairing/surgical treatment and the answers from the questionnaire CPQ 8-10, 47,8% of these children noticedtheir buccal health as being more or less and what concerns about the global perception of general wellfare, 39,1% didn`t feel discomfort with their mouth and teeth but 30,4% felt uncomfortable. In view of the results, it becomes evident the necessity of an organization in actions of education and health with a change in behavior by means of an intervention based on the interactive education of the children and their families. The interference proposals that should be fulfilled at the Centro de Saúde Conjunto Santa Maria are: the creation of operative groups giving priority to the children with the worst signs in oral health; the co-responsabilization of the children and its families with establishment of policy about care by Equipe de Saúde da Família and Equipe deSaúde Bucal to work in different sectors and give a better condition on the buccal health and quality of live. It will be done a reevaluation after six months intervenction.