title: Oral health, socio-economic and home environmental factors associated with general and oral-health related quality of life and convergent validity of two instruments.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The objective of this study was to evaluate the convergent validity between the domains of the Autoquestionnaire Qualité de Vie Enfant image (AUQUEI) and the Child Perceptions Questionnaire instrument (CPQ(11-14)) among schoolchildren and to assess the difference between socio-economic and clinical variables associated with their scores.
  
  
  METHODS
  An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with 515 schoolchildren aged 12 years from 22 public and private schools, selected with the use of a random multistage sampling design. They were clinically examined for dental caries experience (DMFT and dmft index) and orthodontic treatments needs (DAI index) and were asked to complete the Brazilian versions of Child Perception Questionnaire (CPQ(11-14)) and Autoquestionnaire Qualité de Vie Enfant image (AUQUEI). In addition, a questionnaire was sent to their parents inquiring about their socio-economic status and home characteristics. The convergent validity of the Brazilian versions of CPQ(11-14) and AUQUEI instruments was analyzed by Spearman's correlation coefficients. For comparison between the summarized scores of each questionnaire with regard to the schoolchildren's socio-environmental and clinical aspects the nonparametric Mann-Whitney was used at level of significance of 5%.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean DMFT index was 1.09 and 125 (24.3%) children had orthodontic treatment needs (DAI ≥ 31). There was a similarity and a weak correlation between the scores of the domains of CPQ(11-14) and AUQUEI (r ranged between -0.006 and 0.0296). In addition, a significant difference was found between the scores of the two instruments according to the socio-economic variables (p < 0.05) and presence of teeth with carious lesions (p < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The general and oral health-related quality of life instruments AUQUEI and CPQ(11-14) were both found to be useful, and significant influence of socio-economic and clinical variables were detected with both instruments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Dentistry, Division of Health Education and Health Promotion, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas -UNICAMP, P.O. BOX 52, Piracicaba, SP, 13414-903, Brazil. janicesimpson@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Janice S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Paula
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Dentistry, Division of Health Education and Health Promotion, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas -UNICAMP, P.O. BOX 52, Piracicaba, SP, 13414-903, Brazil. meneghim@fop.unicamp.br.
authors.forename: Marcelo C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Meneghim
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Dentistry, Division of Health Education and Health Promotion, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas -UNICAMP, P.O. BOX 52, Piracicaba, SP, 13414-903, Brazil. apereira@fop.unicamp.br.
authors.forename: Antônio C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Dentistry, Division of Health Education and Health Promotion, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas -UNICAMP, P.O. BOX 52, Piracicaba, SP, 13414-903, Brazil. mialhe@fop.unicamp.br.
authors.forename: Fábio L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Mialhe
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D000067576:Child Health; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003441:Crowding; D004245:DMF Index; D004522:Educational Status; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D061326:Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education; D009909:Oral Health; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011788:Quality of Life; D012923:Social Class