title: Parents' and caregivers' perceptions of the quality of life of adolescents in the first 4 months of orthodontic treatment with a fixed appliance.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate adolescents oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in the first 4 months of fixed orthodontic appliance treatment using parents and caregivers as proxies.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of parents and caregivers of 95 adolescents undergoing orthodontic treatment with a fixed appliance.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were required to answer the Brazilian version of the Parental-Caregivers Perceptions Questionnaire (P-CPQ) before adolescent's treatment (T1) and 4 months after bonding of the fixed appliance (T2). Statistical analysis was carried out using the Wilcoxon signed rank test and the Bonferroni correction for the domains of P-CPQ.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the 95 participants, there were 73 mothers, 18 fathers and 4 were other relations. There was a statistically significant improvement in the overall score as well as in both emotional and social wellbeing subscales (P<0·001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Parents and caregivers report an improvement on their adolescent's OHRQoL in the first 4 months of orthodontic treatment with a fixed appliance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lucas G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Abreu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Camilo A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Melgaço
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Elizabeth M B
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Lages
authors.affiliation: Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mauro H N G
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Abreu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Saul M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Paiva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D061326:Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need; D008297:Male; D009909:Oral Health; D009910:Oral Hygiene / Q000193:education; D009967:Orthodontic Appliances; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000523:psychology; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life; D012919:Social Behavior
keywords: Adolescent; orthodontic treatment; parent report; proxy; quality of life