The Role of Mother's Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices in Dental Caries on Vulnerably Preschool Children
Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr
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20: e4687, 2020. tab
Article
in English
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| ID: biblio-1056873
ABSTRACT
Abstract Objective:
To analyze the association between Early Childhood Caries (ECC) and mother´s knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP). Material andMethods:
This cross-sectional study included a random sample of 163 preschool children aged 3-4 old in southern Brazil. The severity of dental caries and ECC was assessed by ICDAS criteria, while mothers completed the semi-structured questionnaire (KAP-ECC). Maternal behavior characteristics and answered questions about socioeconomic and demographic variables. Logistic regression was performed to evaluate the association of exploratory variables with ECC. For this approach, we calculated the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% IC).Results:
Dental examinations revealed that 91.4% of children presented ECC (ICDAS = 3, 4, 5 or 6). Among those children, 31.9% presented cavities (ICDAS ≥ 3). Family income was significantly associated with the presence of ECC (OR 2.17; 95% CI 1.41-3.36). Regarding KAP-ECC, mothers have knowledge related to ECC etiology, reported dental hygiene attitudes and practices that can prevent ECC but reported less healthy attitudes and practices regarding child's diet, specifically with respect to bottle and breastfeeding habits (OR 0.52; 95% CI 0.33-0.81).Conclusion:
ECC was more frequent in children from low-income families and whose mothers reported the belief that milk with chocolate does not contribute to caries and that disagreed that it is normal that a 2-year-old baby wakes up during the night to suckle. That is, good knowledge toward health habits may impact on lower occurrence of ECC; however, this condition also depends on the socioeconomic level.
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Main subject:
Socioeconomic Factors
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Child, Preschool
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Dental Caries
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Maternal Behavior
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Mothers
Type of study:
Evaluation studies
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Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Risk factors
Limits:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Pesqui. bras. odontopediatria clín. integr
Journal subject:
Dentistry
Year:
2020
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul/BR
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Federal University of Santa Maria/BR
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Lutheran University of Brazil/BR
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