Usefulness of a psychometric questionnaire in exploring parental attitudes in children's dental care

Arnrup, Kristina; Berggren, Ulf; Broberg, Anders

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“…Most of these aspects were also included in the questionnaire used among parents in the reference group. In addition to background characteristics and measures of dental fear, four areas of questions, described in detail in a previous methodological study (30), were selected for this report. Thus, aspects of the parents' dental knowledge, their assessments of the child's oral health behavior, their view of the importance of dental related aims and the amount of responsibility they took for their children's dental health behavior or dental treatment were included.…”

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“…See Table 2 for item definition. Comparisons were also made to answers given by a group of experts in pediatric dentistry or cariology (valid n =20) asked to take part in validation of the instrument as reported in a previous methodological study (30). Transformation to individual knowledge scores (range −1–+1) were made by calculating the product moment correlation coefficient (Pearson's r) between the eight ratings from every single parent and the profile of mean ratings given by the group of experts (30) and thereby expressing knowledge as a level of agreement with the experts.…”

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“…Seven common situations in children's dentistry were described and the parents answered on a five‐point scale from ‘mainly a responsibility for the dentist (score 1)’ to ‘entirely the family’s responsibility (score 5)'. Comparisons were made also to the answers given by the above‐mentioned group of experts in pediatric dentistry or cariology (valid n =19) and transformation to individual responsibility scores was achieved by correlation to the ‘expert profile’ as described previously (30).…”

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Attitudes to dental care among parents of uncooperative vs. cooperative child dental patients

Arnrup¹,

Berggren²,

Broberg³

et al. 2002

European J Oral Sciences

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The aim of this cross-sectional questionnaire study was to investigate four aspects of parents' attitudes to dental care (knowledge, child's oral health behavior, priorities and responsibility). One study group (n = 50) of parents of uncooperative child dental patients (aged 8-12 yr) was compared to a reference group (n = 113) of parents of ordinary child dental patients of similar age, and to a second study group (n = 36) of parents of uncooperative younger child patients (aged 4-7 yr). Study group parents had significantly lower socio-economic status and a higher level of dental fear as compared to parents of ordinary child patients. We found indications of a poorer dental knowledge and a differing responsibility-taking profile among study group parents. Their children also had sweets more often. As compared to parents of younger children, the older study group parents had lower socio-economic status and showed a lower responsibility-taking related to the child's treatment refusal. In conclusion, parents of uncooperative children differ from parents of ordinary child dental patients, not only in socio-economic status and dental fear, but also in aspects such as dental knowledge and responsibility-taking. These differences were partly related to the child's age.

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Attitudes to dental care among parents of uncooperative vs. cooperative child dental patients

Arnrup¹,

Berggren²,

Broberg³

et al. 2002

European J Oral Sciences

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“…As they grow up, the children's independence makes supervised tooth brushing more difficult [Skeie et al, 2004]. In a study by Arnrup et al [2001], it was shown that only 16% of 8-to 12-year-olds received daily brushing help or assistance from their parents.…”

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Prevalence of Approximal Caries in Posterior Teeth in 15-Year-Old Swedish Teenagers in Relation to Their Caries Experience at 3 Years of Age

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The aim of the present investigation was to study the prevalence of approximal caries lesions and fillings in posterior teeth at 15 years of age in a prospectively followed Swedish population (n = 568), with special reference to their caries experience at the age of 3 years. Only approximal surfaces were recorded, since all children in the Community of Jönköping have had fissure sealing performed on all caries-free permanent molars. At 15 years of age, the mean number of approximal tooth surfaces with initial caries lesions (D_ia), manifest caries lesions and fillings (D_mFa) and total caries experience and fillings (D_{i + m}Fa) – recorded on bitewing radiographs – was 2.78 , 0.45 and 3.23, respectively. One third of the adolescents had no approximal caries or fillings; the D_ia constituted 86% of the D_{i + m}Fa. Children with manifest caries at 3 years of age had a higher risk of developing approximal caries in their permanent teeth than caries-free children at the same age (41 vs. 17%). Furthermore, children who were caries-free at 3 years of age were more likely to remain caries-free at 15 years of age compared to children with manifest caries (37 vs. 17%). All these differences were statistically significant (p < 0.001). Additionally, early childhood caries experience (developed before 3 years of age) had a greater predictive value than late childhood caries experience (developed between 3 and 6 years of age) concerning approximal caries at 15 years of age.

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“…La evaluación de las respuestas de conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas fue coincidentemente aceptable, discrepando de otros estudios donde generalmente conocimientos y actitudes corresponden a categorías buenas-excelentes y, las prácticas a malas (15). Esto puede deberse a una tendencia cultural a contestar correctamente, (1), como se refleja en el ENSAB-III (14), donde a pesar de que la mayoría conoce cómo prevenir la caries, el 60 % asiste a consulta por urgencia.…”

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Instrumentos para Evaluar Conocimientos, Actitudes y Prácticas en Salud Oral para Padres/Cuidadores de Niños Menores

Martignon¹,

Bautista-Mendoza²,

González-Carrera³

et al. 2008

Rev. salud pública

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RESUMENObjetivos Construir tres instrumentos para evaluar conocimientos, actitudes y prác-ticas en salud oral de padres/cuidadores de niños/as de 0-5 años de estrato socioeconómico bajo; Evaluar la confiabilidad de los instrumentos por medio de su consistencia interna y análisis de ítems. Métodos Se construyeron tres instrumentos de conocimientos, actitudes y prácti-cas en salud oral de padres/cuidadores de niños/as de 0-5 años, estrato socioeconómico bajo, localidad Usaquén-Bogotá, Colombia. Se ejecutó una prueba con 47 padres/cuidadores, determinando la confiabilidad de los instrumentos en términos de consistencia interna, grado de conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas de los padres/cuidadores; en una sub-muestra se realizó análisis cualitativo (verificación y comprensión del contenido). La confiabilidad fue evaluada con coeficiente Alfa-de-Cronbach. Para mejorar construcción y comprensión de preguntas se efectuó análisis de ítems utilizando cuatro criterios: índice de homogeneidad corregido (IHc), tendencia de respuesta, correlación entre ítems y análisis cualitativo. Resultados El coeficiente Alfa-de-Cronbach para los instrumentos de conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas fue de 0,82, 0,80 y 0,62 respectivamente. La evaluación del nivel de conocimiento, actitudes y prácticas en los examinados fue aceptable (60 %, 55 %, 91 %, respectivamente). Conclusiones Este estudio encontró como confiables dos de los tres instrumentos que diseño y evaluó (conocimientos y actitudes) e hizo rediseño de los tres instrumentos. Estos son una herramienta valiosa y pueden ser utilizados en futuros estudios, tanto descriptivos como evaluativos de programas preventivos.

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Usefulness of a psychometric questionnaire in exploring parental attitudes in children's dental care

Cited by 13 publications

References 13 publications

Attitudes to dental care among parents of uncooperative vs. cooperative child dental patients

Attitudes to dental care among parents of uncooperative vs. cooperative child dental patients

Prevalence of Approximal Caries in Posterior Teeth in 15-Year-Old Swedish Teenagers in Relation to Their Caries Experience at 3 Years of Age

Instrumentos para Evaluar Conocimientos, Actitudes y Prácticas en Salud Oral para Padres/Cuidadores de Niños Menores

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