TY - JOUR
T1 - School bullying and traumatic dental injuries in East London adolescents
AU - Agel, M
AU - Marcenes, W
AU - Stansfeld, S A
AU - Bernabé, E
PY - 2014/12/19
Y1 - 2014/12/19
N2 - Aim: To explore the association between school bullying and traumatic dental injuries (TDI) among 15-16-year-old school children from East London. Design: Data from phase III of the Research with East London Adolescents Community Health Survey (RELACHS), a school-based prospective study of a representative sample of adolescents, were analysed. Adolescents provided information on demographic characteristics, socioeconomic measures and frequency of bullying in school through self-administered questionnaires and were clinically examined for overjet, lip coverage and TDI. The association between school bullying and TDI was assessed using binary logistic regression models. Results: The prevalence of TDI was 17%, while lifetime and current prevalence of bullying was 32% and 11%, respectively. The prevalence of TDI increased with a growing frequency of bullying; from 16% among adolescents who had never been bullied at school, to 21% among those who were bullied in the past but not this school term, to 22% for those who were bullied this school term. However, this association was not statistically significant either in crude or adjusted regression models. Conclusion: There was no evidence of an association between frequency of school bullying and TDI in this sample of 15-16-year-old adolescents in East London.
AB - Aim: To explore the association between school bullying and traumatic dental injuries (TDI) among 15-16-year-old school children from East London. Design: Data from phase III of the Research with East London Adolescents Community Health Survey (RELACHS), a school-based prospective study of a representative sample of adolescents, were analysed. Adolescents provided information on demographic characteristics, socioeconomic measures and frequency of bullying in school through self-administered questionnaires and were clinically examined for overjet, lip coverage and TDI. The association between school bullying and TDI was assessed using binary logistic regression models. Results: The prevalence of TDI was 17%, while lifetime and current prevalence of bullying was 32% and 11%, respectively. The prevalence of TDI increased with a growing frequency of bullying; from 16% among adolescents who had never been bullied at school, to 21% among those who were bullied in the past but not this school term, to 22% for those who were bullied this school term. However, this association was not statistically significant either in crude or adjusted regression models. Conclusion: There was no evidence of an association between frequency of school bullying and TDI in this sample of 15-16-year-old adolescents in East London.
U2 - 10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.1123
DO - 10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.1123
M3 - Article
C2 - 25525032
SN - 0007-0610
VL - 217
JO - British Dental Journal
JF - British Dental Journal
IS - 12
M1 - E26
ER -
