Qiu Rong Min, Tao Ye, Zhou Yan, Zhi Qing Hui, Lin Huan Cai
Department of Preventive Dentistry, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University, 56 Ling Yuan Road West, 510055, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Stomatology, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
BMC Oral Health. 2016 Sep 1;16(1):86. doi: 10.1186/s12903-016-0270-4.
Social support might play a role in helping people adopt healthy behaviors and improve their health. Stronger social support from mothers has been found to be positively related to higher tooth brushing frequency in 1- to 3-year-old children. However, little is known regarding the relationship between the caregiver's social support and the oral health-related behaviors of 5-year-old children in China. This study aimed to investigate this relationship.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among 1332 5-year-old children and their caregivers in Guangzhou, southern China. Data were collected using questionnaires that were completed by the caregivers and the children's caries status were examined. The caregivers' social support was measured using the Social Support Rating Scale. The measurements of the children's oral health-related behaviors included the frequencies of sugary snack intake and tooth brushing, utilization of dental services, and patterns of dental visits. Univariate and multiple logistic regression analyses were used to analyze the relationships between the variables.
No association was found between the caregiver's social support and the child's oral health-related behaviors in a multiple logistic regression analysis. However, other factors, particularly the oral health-related behaviors of the caregiver, were found to be significantly linked to the child's oral health-related behaviors.
The oral health-related behaviors of 5-year-old children in Guangzhou are unrelated to the caregiver's social support but are related to other specific factors, particularly the caregiver's oral health-related behaviors.
社会支持可能在帮助人们采取健康行为和改善健康方面发挥作用。研究发现，母亲给予更强的社会支持与1至3岁儿童更高的刷牙频率呈正相关。然而，在中国，关于照顾者的社会支持与5岁儿童口腔健康相关行为之间的关系，人们知之甚少。本研究旨在调查这种关系。
在中国南方的广州，对1332名5岁儿童及其照顾者进行了一项横断面研究。使用照顾者填写的问卷收集数据，并检查儿童的龋齿状况。使用社会支持评定量表测量照顾者的社会支持。儿童口腔健康相关行为的测量包括含糖零食摄入频率、刷牙频率、牙科服务利用情况以及就诊模式。采用单因素和多因素逻辑回归分析来分析变量之间的关系。
多因素逻辑回归分析未发现照顾者的社会支持与儿童口腔健康相关行为之间存在关联。然而，发现其他因素，尤其是照顾者的口腔健康相关行为，与儿童的口腔健康相关行为显著相关。
广州5岁儿童的口腔健康相关行为与照顾者的社会支持无关，但与其他特定因素有关，尤其是照顾者的口腔健康相关行为。
