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ORAL, 0TORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC AND OPHTHALMIC HEALTH OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN A SUB-URBAN POPULATION IN NIGERIA.

Authors: JAGUN Omodele

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC DENTAL RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

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Background: Good vision, adequate hearing, speech and
optimal oral health are essential parts of children's health,
and these may negatively impact the academic
performance of the children if adequate attention is not
given.
Objective: To determine the prevalence of oral,
otorhinolaryngologic and ophthalmic health of children of
primary school age in this study location
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving
primary school children in selected public and private
schools in Ikenne Local Government area, Ogun State,
Nigeria. Ethical clearance was obtained from the Babcock
University Health Research Ethics Committee. Informed
consent was distributed through all the children to their
parents/legal guardians. All children who returned signed
informed consent by their legal guardians were enrolled in
the study. Oral, eye and otorhinolaryngological
examinations were carried out by the investigators. Data
were analyzed using STATA (Stata/MP 13), descriptive
analysis was done for all the discrete variables, and P value
was set at P> 0.05.
Results: A total of 465 children participated in the study;
the mean age of the study participants was 9.34 ±2.28
years. Only 9.7% of the study participants had good oral
hygiene, 32.3% had gingivitis, and 22.2% had dental
caries. Over 20% of the children had one form of
ophthalmic condition, with conjunctivitis and optic disc
abnormality accounting for the highest ophthalmic
findings. In addition, 40.0% had aural wax, 11.6% had
allergic rhinitis, and 2.6% had Chronic Suppurative Otitis
Media (CSOM).
Conclusion: This study showed that the majority of the
children in these rural communities had poor oral health,
poor otorhinolaryngology health and fair ophthalmic
health.
Keywords: Chronic suppurative otitis media, disc
pathology, aura wax, dental caries, gingivitis, allergic
rhinitis.

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JAGUN,O. . (2023). ORAL, 0TORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC AND OPHTHALMIC HEALTH OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN A SUB-URBAN POPULATION IN NIGERIA., 4 (1), 49-49.

JAGUN,O. . "ORAL, 0TORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC AND OPHTHALMIC HEALTH OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN A SUB-URBAN POPULATION IN NIGERIA." 4, no (1), (2023): 49-49.

JAGUN,O. and . (2023). ORAL, 0TORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC AND OPHTHALMIC HEALTH OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN A SUB-URBAN POPULATION IN NIGERIA., 4 (1), pp49-49.

JAGUNO, . ORAL, 0TORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC AND OPHTHALMIC HEALTH OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN A SUB-URBAN POPULATION IN NIGERIA.. 2023, 4 (1):49-49.

JAGUN,Omodele , . "ORAL, 0TORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC AND OPHTHALMIC HEALTH OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN A SUB-URBAN POPULATION IN NIGERIA.", 4 . 1 (2023) : 49-49.

J.Omodele , "ORAL, 0TORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC AND OPHTHALMIC HEALTH OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN A SUB-URBAN POPULATION IN NIGERIA." vol.4, no.1, pp. 49-49, 2023.

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