The influencing factors affecting accuracy of parents' self-assessment of dental caries status of children / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective@#To investigate the accuracy of parents′ self-assessment of dental caries status of their children and to explore the relevant factors affecting accuracy.@*Methods@#A total of 329 children in kindergarten of Science and Technology Research Institute of China Petroleum Corporation and their parents were recruited by convenience sampling method. The parents assessed their children's dental caries status and completed a questionnaire, and then children were examined by the dentists. The difference between parents and dentists′ the assessment of children's dental caries status and relevant influencing factors were analyzed.@*Results@#51.06%(168/329) of the parents did not agree with the doctor's diagnosis in the assessment of children's caries. The rate of parents' missed diagnosis was 94.12%. Logistic regression analysis showed that 'children brush teeth everyday' (OR value was 2.919), 'parents can help children brush their teeth' (OR value was 2.670), 'parents can check results after children brushing their teeth '(OR value was 4.508), and 'children received the treatment of dental caries' (OR value was 1.768) were significant influencing factors of parents' assessment accuracy (P<0.01).@*Conclusions@#The accuracy of parents' assessment of children′s dental caries status is low, and it is related to many factors. Attention should be paid to the implementation of oral heath behavior during oral health education, and parents' capacity of assessing children caries should be improved.