Poutanen Raija, Lahti Satu, Tolvanen Mimmi, Hausen Hannu
Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
Acta Odontol Scand. 2006 Oct;64(5):286-92. doi: 10.1080/00016350600714498.
The aim of this study was to determine whether there are differences between oral health-related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of children and their parents, and to identify the family-related factors associated with children's poor or good oral health-related behavior.
The data were gathered by means of questionnaires from 11-12-year-old schoolchildren and their parents who replied without having knowledge of the answers of the others. Differences between subgroups of children were analyzed by cross-tabulation, and the factors related to children's good or poor oral health-related behavior by logistic regression analyses.
Parents of children who reported good oral health-related behavior had better knowledge and more favorable behaviors than those of other parents. Predictors for a child's poor oral health-related behavior were the child's poor knowledge, male gender, the parent's frequent consumption of sweets, and the parent's infrequent use of xylitol gum. When a less strict threshold for the child's poor oral health-related behavior was used, more predictors entered the model: the parent's unfavorable use of fluoride toothpaste; among girls, the parent's lack of knowledge; and among children whose mother's occupation level was high, the parent's infrequent use of xylitol gum. The parents of children whose oral health behavior was favorable were more likely to have a high level occupation and favorable oral health-related behaviors.
Oral health-related knowledge of children and their parents seems to be associated with children's oral health-related behavior. Parents' behaviors, but not attitudes, were associated with children's oral health behavior.
本研究旨在确定儿童及其父母在口腔健康相关知识、态度、信念和行为方面是否存在差异，并确定与儿童口腔健康相关行为不佳或良好相关的家庭因素。
通过问卷调查收集11至12岁学童及其父母的数据，他们在回答时并不知道其他人的答案。通过交叉表分析儿童亚组之间的差异，并通过逻辑回归分析与儿童口腔健康相关行为良好或不佳相关的因素。
报告口腔健康相关行为良好的儿童的父母比其他父母拥有更好的知识和更良好的行为。儿童口腔健康相关行为不佳的预测因素包括儿童知识匮乏、男性性别、父母频繁食用甜食以及父母不经常使用木糖醇口香糖。当对儿童口腔健康相关行为不佳采用不太严格的阈值时，更多预测因素进入模型：父母对含氟牙膏的使用不当；在女孩中，父母知识匮乏；在母亲职业水平较高的儿童中，父母不经常使用木糖醇口香糖。口腔健康行为良好的儿童的父母更有可能拥有高职业水平和良好的口腔健康相关行为。
儿童及其父母的口腔健康相关知识似乎与儿童的口腔健康相关行为有关。父母的行为而非态度与儿童的口腔健康行为有关。
