Objective: The objective of current study is to assess the knowledge of mothers regarding oral health maintenance of infants. Method: This descriptive crossectional study was conducted in a tertiary hospital of Lahore after getting the approval from intuitional ethical committee. The sample size of the current study was 238 mothers with an age ranges between 21years to 35years. Data was collected using convenient sample technique. For data collection, a questionnaire was adopted from a previous study conducted in India on the similar topic.9 SPSS version 25.0 was used to analyzed data. For age of mother and child, mean and standard deviation were calculated whereas for educational level and other questions based on knowledge of maintaining oral health among infants, frequencies and percentages were calculated. Results: Majority of mothers 178(74.79%) reported that transmission of cariogenic bacteria is not possible from mother to infant. Majority of mothers 189(79.41%) reported that bottle feeding during night is not the major reason of dental caries among infants. Majority of mothers 160(67.21%) reported that regular and persistent nighttime breast feeding is not a cause of caries development among infants. Majority of mothers 130(54.62%) reported that they are not sure about importance of oral health maintenance for infants’ general health Conclusion: In conclusion, there is a need to plan an awareness program to educate mothers about the importance of maintaining oral health status of infants to avoid dental caries. Keywords: Dental Caries, Oral Health, Cariogenic bacteria
Background & Objective: Doctors work long hours under stressful conditions and seem to have sedentary, unhealthy lifestyle. Recently, an increased incidence of sudden mortality among doctors was observed in our community. This study was aimed to access the attitude and practice of doctors regarding their own health care. Methods: A cross-sectional study using non-probability convenient sampling was conducted among 150 practicing doctors in Faisalabad. After getting ethical approval, a pre-tested validated questionnaire was used for data collection in May 2019. Results were analyzed using SPSS 25. Results: Only 35(23.6%) subjects met recommended criteria of exercising at least 5 days a week. Majority, 116(77.3%), failed to get optimal sleep of 7-9 hours per day. 111 (75.5%) subjects said that they get themselves regularly investigated in recommended time. Major barrier in assessing regular health services was limited time availability (56%) followed by self-medication 37(25.2%), medical knowledge 16(10.9%) and embarrassment 7(4.8%). 134(89.3%) did self-medication. Doctors who thought they spend enough time with their family were less stressed during duty as compared to those who thought they didn’t spend enough family time. Doctors were unaware about job details regarding vacations, employee and family healthcare as provided in other organizations. 132(89.2%) were not being provided annual health checkups by employers. Conclusion: Study concluded that doctors are not leading healthy life. Neither doctors themselves put effort to maintain their own health nor do their employers adopt standard health practices for them. More research should be done to understand the situation better and seek out reliable solutions.
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