Sociobehavioural Factors Associated With Child Oral Health During COVID-19.
Int Dent J
; 73(2): 280-287, 2023 Apr.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2241161
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
The aim of this study was to identify the sociobehavioural factors that influenced children's oral health during the COVID-19 pandemic.METHODS:
The online cross-sectional study was conducted in Al Jouf Province in the northern region of Saudi Arabia. A total of 960 parents of children aged 5 to 14 years were invited by multistage stratified random sampling. Descriptive, multinomial, and multiple logistic regression analyses were performed to estimate odds ratios and determine the relationship between independent and dependent variables. P < .05 was considered statistically significant.RESULTS:
Of the 960 participants, 693 (72.1%) reported that their child had 1 or more untreated dental decay. The children of uneducated parents were 1.6-fold more likely to have 1 or more untreated dental decay (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 1.66; 95% CI, 0.74-3.73; P < .001). The children of unemployed parents were 4.3-fold more likely to have a financial burden for a child dental visit (AOR, 4.34; 95% CI, 2.73-6.89; P < .001). Parents from a rural area were 26.3-fold more likely to have spent a lag period of over 2 years since their child's last dental visit (AOR, 26.34; 95% CI, 7.48-92.79; P < .001). Nursery-level children were 5.4-fold more likely to need immediate care (AOR, 5.38; 95% CI, 3.01-9.60; P < .001).CONCLUSIONS:
The present study demonstrated a very high prevalence of 1 or more untreated dental decay in our cohort. Children of rural areas, uneducated, unemployed, widow/divorced, low- and middle-income parents and nursery school children were linked to poorly predictive outcomes of child oral health during the pandemic.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Health Behavior
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Oral Health
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Dental Care for Children
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Language:
English
Journal:
Int Dent J
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
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