Azimi Somayyeh, Taheri Jamileh Bigom, Tennant Marc, Kruger Estie, Molaei Hanifa, Ghorbani Zahra
Oral Health Prev Dent. 2018;16(3):265-270. doi: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a40760.
To examine the relationship between mothers' knowledge, attitude and dental caries status and their young children's dental caries status.
In this cross-sectional study, 153 2- to 6-year old children old and their mothers were dentally examined. Mothers' decayed, missing or filled teeth (DMFT) and children's decayed, missing or filled teeth (dmft) were recorded. A validated questionnaire was used to examine maternal knowledge and attitudes regarding the importance for the oral health of their children.
The average age of children and mothers were 5.1 and 31 years, respectively. The mothers' and children's mean DMFT and dmft were 12 and 6, respectively. The mean level of mothers' knowledge was 31.5 out of 40, while the mean attitude was 24.5 out of 30 points. There was a statistically significant inverse correlation between mothers' knowledge and their DMFT (r = -0.7), and between mothers' knowledge and children's dmft (r = -0.6). Also, there was an inverse correlation between mothers' attitude and DMFT (r = -0.8), and between mothers' attitude and dmft (r = -0.7). A direct correlation between mothers' DMFT and children's dmft (r = +0.6) was observed.
Attempts at improving the knowledge and attitude in parents have a substantial impact on improving the oral health of next generation.
研究母亲的知识、态度与龋齿状况和她们幼儿的龋齿状况之间的关系。
在这项横断面研究中，对153名2至6岁儿童及其母亲进行了口腔检查。记录母亲的龋、失、补牙数（DMFT）和儿童的龋、失、补牙数（dmft）。使用一份经过验证的问卷来调查母亲关于孩子口腔健康重要性的知识和态度。
儿童和母亲的平均年龄分别为5.1岁和31岁。母亲和儿童的平均DMFT和dmft分别为12和6。母亲的知识平均水平在40分中为31.5分，而态度平均水平在30分中为24.5分。母亲的知识与她们的DMFT之间存在统计学上显著的负相关（r = -0.7），母亲的知识与儿童的dmft之间也存在负相关（r = -0.6）。此外，母亲的态度与DMFT之间存在负相关（r = -0.8），母亲的态度与dmft之间也存在负相关（r = -0.7）。观察到母亲的DMFT与儿童的dmft之间存在正相关（r = +0.6）。
提高父母的知识和态度对改善下一代的口腔健康有重大影响。
