Aynalem Yared Asmare, Alamirew Getu, Shiferaw Wondimeneh Shibabaw
Department of Nursing, College of Health Science, Debre Berhan University, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.
Debre Berhan Referral Hospital, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.
Pediatric Health Med Ther. 2020 Jul 20;11:225-233. doi: 10.2147/PHMT.S259813. eCollection 2020.
In Ethiopia, oral health prevention and treatment have gotten low attention in the government, and the existing dental services are privately owned and thus expensive. Hence, this study aimed to assess the prevalence of dental caries and its associated factors among governmental primary school children in Debre Berhan town, Ethiopia, 2019.
An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted from January 30 to February 14/2019. A total of 417 primary school children were selected using computer-generated simple random sampling and interviewed using structured and pretested questionnaires. Data were coded, entered, and cleaned using Epi-data version 3.1 and export to SPSS version 22 for analysis. Binary logistic regression analysis was employed to test the association between dependent and independent variables. P-value less than 0.05 was taken as significant association. Finally, the result of this study was present by text, tables, and graphs.
Out of the 396 study participants, 135 (34.1%) had dental caries. Of these, more than half, 95 (59.37%) had the pre-molar decayed. Two hundred eighty-five (72.0%) of them were cleaned their teeth. The Independent predictors of dental caries were drinking sugared tea [AOR= 2.034, 95% CI: (1.223-3.385)] and food particle on their teeth [AOR= 6.709, 95% CI: (3.475-12.954)], which had shown a significant association with dental caries.
The over magnitude of dental caries was relatively high and found to be a public health problem. Drinking sugar tea, presence of food particles, or dental plaque were significantly associated with dental caries. In contrast, merchant occupation reduced the chance of dental caries. Giving health education to minimize drinking sugar tea and cleaning their teeth after consumption of sugar tea should be given attention.
在埃塞俄比亚，口腔健康预防和治疗在政府层面受到的关注较低，现有的牙科服务为私人所有，因此费用昂贵。因此，本研究旨在评估2019年埃塞俄比亚德布雷伯汉镇公立小学儿童的龋齿患病率及其相关因素。
于2019年1月30日至2月14日进行了一项基于机构的横断面研究。使用计算机生成的简单随机抽样方法共选取了417名小学儿童，并使用结构化且经过预测试的问卷进行访谈。数据使用Epi-data 3.1版本进行编码、录入和清理，然后导出到SPSS 22版本进行分析。采用二元逻辑回归分析来检验因变量和自变量之间的关联。P值小于0.05被视为具有显著关联。最后，本研究的结果通过文本、表格和图表呈现。
在396名研究参与者中，135人（34.1%）患有龋齿。其中，超过一半，即95人（59.37%）的前磨牙龋坏。其中285人（72.0%）会刷牙。龋齿的独立预测因素是饮用含糖茶[AOR = 2.034，95%置信区间：（1.223 - 3.385）]和牙齿上有食物残渣[AOR = 6.709，95%置信区间：（3.475 - 12.954）]，这与龋齿显示出显著关联。
龋齿的患病率相对较高，被发现是一个公共卫生问题。饮用含糖茶、牙齿上有食物残渣或牙菌斑与龋齿显著相关。相比之下，商人职业降低了患龋齿的几率。应重视开展健康教育，以尽量减少饮用含糖茶，并在饮用含糖茶后刷牙。
