Question · asked by 1 review
Dental caries vs Adolescents without dental caries: Negative oral-health impact on daily performance (OIDP or Child-OIDP)
- Population
- Adolescents (10-19 years)
- Intervention
- Dental caries
- Comparison
- Adolescents without dental caries
- Outcome
- Negative oral-health impact on daily performance (OIDP or Child-OIDP)
In the Child-OIDP subgroup, dental caries is associated with a worse oral-health impact: PR 1.66 (95% CI 1.19 to 2.31) from 6 studies (I2=96%); ungraded, and not statistically different from the OIDP subgroup (p=0.96).
What each review found
Include earlier review versionsNo studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 5 · 100%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Dental caries (presence or experience) vs Adolescents without dental caries Negative oral-health impact on daily performance measured by Child-OIDP · Adolescents aged 10 to 19 years · Cross-sectional (concurrent exposure and outcome); oral impacts recalled over the prior 6 months, School-based (17/20 studies), plus household and secondary-data surveys; low-, middle- and high-income countries (Brazil, Thailand, Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Zambia, Iran, Serbia, Nepal, India, South Africa, China), Instrument subgroup: Child-OIDP In the Child-OIDP subgroup, dental caries is associated with a worse oral-health impact: PR 1.66 (95% CI 1.19 to 2.31) from 6 studies (I2=96%); ungraded, and not statistically different from the OIDP subgroup (p=0.96). Impact of dental caries on the quality of life of adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (2025) All outcomes | PR 1.66 [1.19, 2.31] | 6 studies | GRADE not reported |
Dental caries (presence or experience) vs Adolescents without dental caries Negative oral-health impact on daily performance measured by OIDP · Adolescents aged 10 to 19 years · Cross-sectional (concurrent exposure and outcome); oral impacts recalled over the prior 6 months, School-based (17/20 studies), plus household and secondary-data surveys; low-, middle- and high-income countries (Brazil, Thailand, Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Zambia, Iran, Serbia, Nepal, India, South Africa, China), Instrument subgroup: OIDP (all 3 studies) In the OIDP subgroup, the association of dental caries with oral-health impact was not statistically significant: PR 1.68 (95% CI 0.89 to 3.17) from 3 studies (I2=94%); ungraded. Impact of dental caries on the quality of life of adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (2025) All outcomes | PR 1.68 [0.89, 3.17] | 3 studies | GRADE not reported |
Dental caries (presence or experience) vs Adolescents without dental caries Negative oral-health impact on daily performance measured by OIDP · Adolescents aged 10 to 19 years · Cross-sectional (concurrent exposure and outcome); oral impacts recalled over the prior 6 months, School-based (17/20 studies), plus household and secondary-data surveys; low-, middle- and high-income countries (Brazil, Thailand, Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Zambia, Iran, Serbia, Nepal, India, South Africa, China), Instrument subgroup: OIDP, sensitivity analysis excluding Krisdapong et al. When Krisdapong et al. was removed from the OIDP subgroup, heterogeneity disappeared (I2=0%) and the association became significant: PR 1.21 (95% CI 1.15 to 1.28) from 2 studies; ungraded sensitivity analysis. Impact of dental caries on the quality of life of adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (2025) All outcomes | PR 1.21 [1.15, 1.28] | 2 studies | GRADE not reported |
Dental caries (presence or experience) vs Adolescents without dental caries Negative oral-health impact on daily performance (OIDP or Child-OIDP) · Adolescents aged 10 to 19 years · Cross-sectional (concurrent exposure and outcome); oral impacts recalled over the prior 6 months, School-based (17/20 studies), plus household and secondary-data surveys; low-, middle- and high-income countries (Brazil, Thailand, Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Zambia, Iran, Serbia, Nepal, India, South Africa, China), Overall (all meta-analyzed studies pooled; both instruments and both caries definitions) Dental caries is associated with a worse oral-health impact on adolescents' daily performance: pooled PR 1.52 (95% CI 1.15 to 2.01) from 9 cross-sectional studies with very high heterogeneity (I2=97%); the body of evidence was not GRADE-rated (ungraded). Impact of dental caries on the quality of life of adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (2025) All outcomes | PR 1.52 [1.15, 2.01] | 9 studies | GRADE not reported |
Presence of dental caries vs Adolescents without dental caries Negative oral-health impact on daily performance (OIDP or Child-OIDP) · Adolescents aged 10 to 19 years · Cross-sectional (concurrent exposure and outcome); oral impacts recalled over the prior 6 months, School-based (17/20 studies), plus household and secondary-data surveys; low-, middle- and high-income countries (Brazil, Thailand, Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Zambia, Iran, Serbia, Nepal, India, South Africa, China), Caries-definition subgroup: presence of dental caries For presence of dental caries, the pooled association with oral-health impact was not statistically significant: PR 1.19 (95% CI 0.77 to 1.84) from 3 studies (I2=96%); ungraded. Impact of dental caries on the quality of life of adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (2025) All outcomes | PR 1.19 [0.77, 1.84] | 3 studies | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Impact of dental caries on the quality of life of adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. 2025 All outcomes | January 2022; updated March 2024 (studies up until March 2024) | 22 | Not applicable |
Studies behind the findings
The primary studies the full-text reviews tie to this outcome. Reviews with headline outcomes only do not list them here.
- Assessing association of dental caries with child oral impact on daily performance; a cross-sectional study of adolescents in Copperbelt… · 2023 · included by 1 of these review
- Oral impacts on daily performances and its socio-demographic and clinical distribution: a cross-sectional study of adolescents living in… · 2020 · included by 1 of these review
- Association between oral diseases and impact on daily performance among male Saudi schoolchildren. · 2019 · included by 1 of these review
- Social vulnerability and factors associated with oral impact on daily performance among adolescents. · 2017 · included by 1 of these review
- Sociodemographic Factors and Oral Health Conditions Related to the Impact on the Quality of Life of Adolescents · 2016 · included by 1 of these review
- Oral health impact, dental caries experience, and associated factors in 12–15-year-old school children in India · 2015 · included by 1 of these review
- Impacts on Quality of Life Related to Dental Caries in a National Representative Sample of Thai 12- and 15-Year-Olds · 2012 · included by 1 of these review
- Applicability of an abbreviated version of the Child-OIDP inventory among primary schoolchildren in Tanzania. · 2007 · included by 1 of these review
- Wu et al. 2021 · included by 1 of these review
How reviews are matched to this question
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