三年级学童的口腔健康知识、态度及预防措施

Oral health knowledge, attitudes and preventive practices of third grade school children.

作者信息

Oliveira E R, Narendran S, Williamson D

机构信息

Department of Dental Public Health and Dental Hygiene, University of Texas-Houston Health Science Center, USA.

出版信息

Pediatr Dent. 2000 Sep-Oct;22(5):395-400.

PMID:11048308

Abstract

PURPOSE

The aim of study was to investigate the oral health knowledge, attitudes and preventive practices of third grade school children in Harris County.

METHODS

In this cross-sectional study, oral health knowledge, attitudes, and preventive practices of the children were investigated by means of a self-administered, bilingual questionnaire. Three calibrated examiners collected data on dental caries, periodontitis, and fluorosis of 1,031 school children.

RESULTS

Most children reported "fairly adequate" oral hygiene habits (58%) and oral health knowledge (48%), and "adequate" dietary patterns (59%). Children with inadequate oral health knowledge were twice as likely to have caries than children with adequate knowledge (OR = 2.05, 95% CI = 1.29, 3.28). The mean combined DMFT/dft scores of children with inadequate knowledge were significantly higher than the mean for children with adequate knowledge (t = 2.6, P = 0.009).

CONCLUSIONS

Results indicate a need to improve oral health knowledge and preventive practices among the study population. Because of the cross-sectional nature of the study, it is not possible to illustrate a cause-effect relationship between oral health education and prevalence of caries.

摘要

目的

本研究旨在调查哈里斯县三年级学童的口腔健康知识、态度和预防措施。

方法

在这项横断面研究中，通过自行填写的双语问卷对儿童的口腔健康知识、态度和预防措施进行了调查。三名经过校准的检查人员收集了1031名学童的龋齿、牙周炎和氟牙症数据。

结果

大多数儿童报告有“相当充分”的口腔卫生习惯（58%）和口腔健康知识（48%），以及“充分”的饮食模式（59%）。口腔健康知识不足的儿童患龋齿的可能性是知识充足儿童的两倍（比值比=2.05，95%置信区间=1.29，3.28）。知识不足儿童的平均DMFT/dft综合得分显著高于知识充足儿童的平均分（t=2.6，P=0.009）。