Tiwari Tamanna, Mulvahill Matthew, Wilson Anne, Rai Nayanjot, Albino Judith
Department of Community Dentistry and Population Health, School of Dental Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
BMC Oral Health. 2018 Apr 24;18(1):67. doi: 10.1186/s12903-018-0532-4.
This report is presenting the association of maternal acculturation, measured by preferred language, and oral health-related psychosocial measures in an urban Latino population.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 100 mother-child dyads from the Dental Center at the Children's Hospital Colorado, the University of Colorado. A portion of Basic Research Factors Questionnaire capturing information about parental dental knowledge, attitudes, behavior and psychosocial measures was used to collect data from the participating mothers. Descriptive statistics were calculated for demographics and psychosocial measures by acculturation. A univariate linear regression model was performed for each measure by preferred language for primary analysis followed by adjusted model adjusting for parent's education.
The mean age of the children was 3.99 years (SD = 1.11), and that of the mother was 29.54 years (SD = 9.62). Dental caries, measured as dmfs, was significantly higher in children of Spanish-speaking mothers compared to children of English-speaking mothers. English-speaking mothers had higher mean scores of oral health knowledge, oral health behaviors, knowledge on dental utilization, self-efficacy, and Oral Health Locus of Control as compared to Spanish-speaking mothers. Univariate analysis demonstrated significant association for preference for Spanish language with knowledge on dental utilization, maternal self-efficacy, perceived susceptibility and perceived barriers. The effect of language was attenuated, but significant, for each of these variables after adjusting for parent's education.
This study reported that higher acculturation measured by a preference for the English language had a positive association with oral health outcomes in children. Spanish-speaking mothers perceived that their children were less susceptible to caries. Additionally, they perceived barriers in visiting the dentist for preventive visits.
本报告呈现了以首选语言衡量的母亲文化适应与城市拉丁裔人群口腔健康相关心理社会指标之间的关联。
对来自科罗拉多大学儿童医院牙科中心的100对母婴进行了横断面调查。使用《基础研究因素问卷》的一部分来收集参与调查的母亲的信息，该部分问卷涵盖了父母的牙科知识、态度、行为和心理社会指标。通过文化适应对人口统计学和心理社会指标进行描述性统计。对每个指标按首选语言进行单变量线性回归模型分析作为主要分析，随后进行调整模型分析，对父母教育程度进行校正。
儿童的平均年龄为3.99岁（标准差=1.11），母亲的平均年龄为29.54岁（标准差=9.62）。以dmfs衡量的龋齿在说西班牙语母亲的孩子中显著高于说英语母亲的孩子。与说西班牙语的母亲相比，说英语的母亲在口腔健康知识、口腔健康行为、牙科利用知识、自我效能感和口腔健康控制点方面的平均得分更高。单变量分析表明，对西班牙语的偏好与牙科利用知识、母亲自我效能感、感知易感性和感知障碍之间存在显著关联。在对父母教育程度进行校正后，语言对这些变量中的每一个变量影响减弱，但仍具有显著性。
本研究报告称，以对英语的偏好衡量的较高文化适应程度与儿童口腔健康结果呈正相关。说西班牙语的母亲认为她们的孩子患龋齿的易感性较低。此外，她们认为在带孩子去看牙医进行预防性检查方面存在障碍。
