Assessment of the Knowledge and Awareness Among Egyptian Parents in Relation to Oral Health Status of Their Children

Mohamed, Yomna S.A.

doi:10.21608/edj.2020.25196.1058

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“…For this purpose, the questions were given to the parents (not included in the main study) in two terms with a two-week interval. Cronbach's α (0.81) confirmed the questionnaire's reliability 15,16 .…”

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding the oral health of children

Basir

Khanehmasjedi

2022

Braz.j. of oral sci.

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Parents are responsible for their children’s health care, and their oral health-related knowledge, attitude, and habits can affect their children’s oral health. Aim: The objective of this study was to evaluate parents’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding their children’s oral health. Methods: In this study, a sample of 398 parents of 4- to 6-year-old children completed a self-designed questionnaire. The parents’ oral health-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices were assessed. Children’s oral health was evaluated using decayed, missing, and filled tooth index (dmft). Data were analyzed using the SPSS version 23.0 with a p < 0.05 as statistically significant. Categorical data were reported as frequency (%), and continuous data were reported as mean ± SD. Moreover, Spearman’s correlation, multiple regression, Mann-Whitney test, Kruskal Wallis test, and Kolmogorov-Smirnov test were used. Results: Most of the parents had a satisfactory level of knowledge and positive attitudes regarding their children’s oral health. The knowledge and attitude scores were higher among parents with higher education (p<0.001), and the knowledge score was higher among mothers (p=0.004). Also, the attitude score was correlated with the number of decayed, missed, and filled teeth of children (p=0.01, p=0.04, and p=0.007, respectively). However, there was no significant relationship between dmft and the parents’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices using multiple regression. The mean dmft of children was 6.86 ± 3.56, and most of the parents had poor oral health-related practices. Conclusion: The parents’ level of knowledge and attitudes were satisfactory, but they had poor oral health practices. Moreover, there was no significant relationship between children’s oral health and their parents’ level of knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Educating programs and strategies are needed to enhance parents’ oral health-related attitudes and knowledge and, more importantly, change their oral health practices.

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding the oral health of children

Basir

Khanehmasjedi

2022

Braz.j. of oral sci.

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“…This finding may be explained by limited access to care, especially considering the low number of pediatric dentists in Egypt [ 19 ], and that preschool children are not covered by dental health insurance like schoolchildren [ 20 ]. Another reason may be related to the limited awareness of the importance of primary dentition for the general wellbeing of the child and normal eruption of the permanent dentition [ 21 ].…”

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Early childhood caries risk indicators among preschool children in rural Egypt: a case control study

Attia,

ElKashlan,

Saleh

2024

BMC Oral Health

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Background Early childhood caries (ECC) is a public health problem, especially in developing countries like Egypt which has an ECC prevalence of 74%. This research aimed to assess the risk indicators associated with ECC in a rural, socially-disadvantaged population in Alexandria, Egypt. Methods A case-control study was conducted in 8 nurseries of preschool children aged 3 to 5 years in rural, deprived areas in Alexandria, Egypt, from October 2019 till January 2020. Two groups, 93 with ECC and 93 without ECC. A validated questionnaire was used to collect sociodemographic data including age, sex, number of siblings, socioeconomic status, oral health practices including toothbrushing frequency, pattern of dental visits, daily frequency of sugary snacks. Also, salivary pH and buffering capacity were assessed. A trained and calibrated dentist assessed caries status clinically according to the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria using the dmft index and oral hygiene status using Silness and Loe Plaque Index. Chi-squared test, followed by multivariable logistic regression were performed to assess the relation between independent variables and ECC, P < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results Bivariate analysis showed that age, mother’s education, dental visits, dietary habits, Plaque index, salivary pH and buffering capacity were significantly associated with ECC. The significant risk indicators for ECC in multivariable regression were age (AOR = 4.73, 95% CI: 2.76–7.83), mother’s education (illiterate vs. university educated, AOR = 28.36, 95% CI: 8.51-112.92), frequency of daily sugary snacks (twice vs. once, AOR = 2.00, 95% CI: 1.29–3.49, and three or more vs. once, AOR = 2.67, 95% CI: 1.72–3.27), night feeding (AOR = 1.89, 95% CI: 1.38–10.21), Plaque index (AOR = 21.34, 95% CI: 5.56–81.99), and salivary pH (AOR = 0.16, 95% CI: 0.05–0.58). Conclusion This study suggests that sociodemographic indicators, dietary habits, plaque accumulation and salivary pH are risk indicators for ECC in the studied population.

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Assessment of the Knowledge and Awareness Among Egyptian Parents in Relation to Oral Health Status of Their Children

Cited by 2 publications

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding the oral health of children

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding the oral health of children

Early childhood caries risk indicators among preschool children in rural Egypt: a case control study

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