背景:互联网在日常生活中的无处不在,尤其是年轻人,引起了人们对其对心理健康影响的担忧,教育,and,最近,口腔健康。先前的研究表明,有问题的互联网使用(PIU)之间存在复杂的关系,生活方式,与口腔健康相关的生活质量,强调需要进一步检查这些相互作用。这项研究旨在探索PIU作为口腔健康相关生活质量的预测指标,并研究生活方式在秘鲁学童样本中两者之间的中介作用。
方法:对293名12至17岁的秘鲁学生进行了横断面研究(M=14.42,SD=1.5),使用结构方程分析PIU之间的关系,生活方式,与口腔健康相关的生活质量。数据收集程序是通过面对面的调查。已验证的仪器测量PIU,生活方式,与口腔健康相关的生活质量。通过结构方程模型和MLR估计器分析了研究的理论模型。使用比较拟合指数(CFI)进行拟合评估,逼近均方根误差(RMSEA),和标准化均方根残差(SRMR)。
结果:它们表明PIU,生活方式,与口腔健康相关的生活质量。观察到PIU对生活方式(β=-0.30,p<.001)和口腔健康相关生活质量(β=-0.35,p<.001)的负面影响,以及PIU与口腔健康相关生活质量之间的正相关关系(β=0.29,p<.001)。生活方式的调解具有统计学意义,提示它们介导PIU与口腔健康相关生活质量之间的关系。
结论:研究证实,PIU对青少年口腔健康相关生活质量有负面影响,以不健康的生活方式为媒介。它强调了在年轻人中促进平衡的互联网使用和健康的生活方式以改善他们的口头健康的重要性。
BACKGROUND: The pervasiveness of the Internet in everyday life, especially among young people, has raised concerns about its effects on mental health, education, and, recently, oral health. Previous research has suggested a complex relationship between Problematic Internet Use (PIU), lifestyles, and oral health-related quality of life, highlighting the need to examine these interactions further. This study seeks to explore the PIU as a predictor of oral health-related quality of life and examine the mediating role of lifestyles between both in a sample of Peruvian schoolchildren.
METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 293 Peruvian students aged 12 to 17 years (M = 14.42, SD = 1.5), using structural equations to analyze the relationship between PIU, lifestyles, and quality of life related to oral health. The data collection procedure was through a face-to-face survey. Validated instruments measured PIU, lifestyles, and oral health-related quality of life. The study\'s theoretical model was analyzed through structural equation modeling with the MLR estimator. The fit assessment was performed using the comparative fit index (CFI), root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA), and standardized root mean square residual (SRMR).
RESULTS: They indicated significant correlations between PIU, lifestyles, and oral health-related quality of life. A negative influence of PIU on lifestyles (β = -0.30, p < .001) and on oral health-related quality of life (β = -0.35, p < .001) was observed, as well as a positive relationship between PIU and oral health-related quality of life (β = 0.29, p < .001). The mediation of lifestyles was statistically significant, suggesting that they mediate the relationship between PIU and oral health-related quality of life.
CONCLUSIONS: The study confirms that PIU can negatively affect adolescents\' oral health-related quality of life, mediated by unhealthy lifestyles. It underlines the importance of promoting balanced Internet use and healthy lifestyles among young people to improve their oral well-being.