Journal article
Prevalence of xerostomia in an adolescent inpatient psychiatric clinic: a preliminary study
Special care in dentistry, Vol.36(2), pp.60-65
03/2016
DOI: 10.1111/scd.12154
PMID: 26687928
Abstract
Adolescents with psychiatric conditions may be at risk for xerostomia. In this preliminary study, we estimated xerostomia prevalence in adolescents ages 9 to 17 years from an inpatient psychiatric clinic (N = 25) and examined whether: (1) gender and age were associated with xerostomia and (2) xerostomia was associated with self-reported cavities.
We used a modified 11-item Xerostomia Index to identify xerostomia (no/yes) and asked if adolescents ever had or currently have cavities (no/yes).
The mean age was 14 years (SD = 2.3) and 72% were male. Sixty percent reported xerostomia (SD = 50). There were no significant associations between xerostomia and gender (p = 0.99) or age (p = 0.66), or between xerostomia and past (p = 0.26) or current cavities (p = 0.11). Larger proportions of adolescents with xerostomia reported previous and current cavities.
Sixty percent of adolescents from an inpatient psychiatric clinic reported having xerostomia, which may lead to increased caries risk over time. Additional research should examine the prevalence and consequences of xerostomia in high-risk adolescents.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Prevalence of xerostomia in an adolescent inpatient psychiatric clinic: a preliminary study
- Creators
- Manvir Kaur - University of WashingtonElaine Himadi - University of IowaDonald L Chi - University of Washington
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Special care in dentistry, Vol.36(2), pp.60-65
- DOI
- 10.1111/scd.12154
- PMID
- 26687928
- ISSN
- 0275-1879
- eISSN
- 1754-4505
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2016
- Academic Unit
- Emergency Medicine; Public Policy Center (Archive)
- Record Identifier
- 9984283858402771
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