Ekman A, Persson B
Department of Pedodontics, University of Umeå, Sweden.
Swed Dent J. 1990;14(3):143-51.
The aim of the study was to evaluate whether or not the dental health of Finnish immigrant children would benefit from an extra session of information to the parents at the Child Health Centre, and whether this information, to be effective, should be given in Finnish. A further aim was to study the effect of this information on the parent's dental health knowledge and behaviour. Three groups of Finnish children, two test groups (FF and FS) and one control group (FC), and one control group of Swedish children (SC) took part in the study in Norrbotten and Stockholm county respectively. When the children were 6, 18 and 27 months of age, the parents of the Finnish test groups received information, the FF-groups in Finnish, and the FS-groups in Swedish. The parents of the Finnish and Swedish control groups were informed when the children were 6 and 18 months of age in Swedish. The various programmes were evaluated by comparing prevalence of dental caries of the children at the age of 3, as well as parents' attitudes to and knowledge of dental health and dental health behaviour. In Norrbotten 71% of the children in the FF-group were caries free compared to 53% in the FS-, 30% in the FC- and 80% in the SC-groups, and dfs averaged 1.7, 2.7, 6.0 and 0.9 for the groups respectively. The percentages of caries free children in Stockholm were 71, 58, 32 and 82 for the groups respectively and the mean dfs values 1.2, 2.1, 4.6 and 0.7. The data from the 36-month appointment showed equally good dental health knowledge and behaviour for the FF-groups as for the Swedish control groups.
该研究的目的是评估芬兰移民儿童的口腔健康是否会因在儿童健康中心向家长提供额外的信息而受益，以及该信息若要有效，是否应以芬兰语提供。另一个目的是研究此信息对家长口腔健康知识和行为的影响。三组芬兰儿童，两个试验组（FF和FS）和一个对照组（FC），以及一组瑞典儿童对照组（SC）分别在北博滕和斯德哥尔摩县参与了该研究。当儿童6个月、18个月和27个月大时，芬兰试验组的家长收到信息，FF组以芬兰语接收，FS组以瑞典语接收。芬兰和瑞典对照组的家长在儿童6个月和18个月大时以瑞典语被告知相关信息。通过比较儿童3岁时的龋齿患病率以及家长对口腔健康的态度、知识和口腔健康行为，对各种方案进行了评估。在北博滕，FF组71%的儿童无龋齿，相比之下，FS组为53%，FC组为30%，SC组为80%，各组的龋失补牙面数（dfs）平均值分别为1.7、2.7、6.0和0.9。在斯德哥尔摩，各组无龋齿儿童的百分比分别为71%、58%、32%和82%，平均dfs值分别为1.2、2.1、4.6和0.7。36个月预约时的数据显示，FF组的家长在口腔健康知识和行为方面与瑞典对照组一样良好。
