School of Dentistry/Faculty of Medicine and Health, NIHR Clinical Lecturer and Specialist Registrar in Pediatric Dentistry, University of Leeds, Level 6/Worsley Building, Leeds, LS2 9LU, UK.
School of Dentistry, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, UK.
Eur Arch Paediatr Dent. 2021 Jun;22(3):433-439. doi: 10.1007/s40368-020-00576-0. Epub 2020 Nov 18.
To assess maternal knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of Early Childhood Caries (ECC) risk factors and to determine barriers in seeking dental treatment among children with ECC.
A total of 600 mothers of healthy children, aged 3-5 years, with ECC attending maternity and child health centres in Jordan completed a questionnaire using face-to-face interviews. ECC was diagnosed clinically by the chief investigator, based on the diagnostic criteria suggested by American Academy of Paediatric Dentistry (AAPD), and caries was recorded using dmft index.
The majority of the children had poor oral health status (99.2%) with a dmft index of 6.04 (± 1.2). Less than third (25.7%) of the mothers believed that their child had poor oral health with more than half (53.3%) not being aware that their child had dental caries. Most of the mothers had poor knowledge, attitudes and beliefs regarding their children's oral health (82%). Participants oral health knowledge was significantly associated with mothers level of education and profession (p < 0.05). In addition, there was delay in seeking dental treatment for their children by the majority (65.9%) of mothers. Maternal profession, family income and time needed to reach a nearby health centre were found to be significant barriers in seeking dental treatment (p < 0.05).
The majority of the mothers of children in Jordan with ECC had poor knowledge about their children's oral health status. Moreover, seeking dental treatment was delayed by a large number of mothers of children with ECC.
评估幼儿龋病（ECC）危险因素的母婴知识、态度和信念，并确定患有 ECC 的儿童寻求牙科治疗的障碍。
共 600 名来自约旦母婴健康中心的健康儿童（年龄 3-5 岁）的母亲通过面对面访谈完成了一份问卷。ECC 由首席研究员根据美国儿科学会牙科分会（AAPD）提出的诊断标准进行临床诊断，并使用 dmft 指数记录龋齿。
大多数儿童口腔健康状况较差（99.2%），dmft 指数为 6.04（±1.2）。不到三分之一（25.7%）的母亲认为自己的孩子口腔健康状况不佳，超过一半（53.3%）的母亲不知道自己的孩子有龋齿。大多数母亲对子女的口腔健康知之甚少，态度和信念不佳（82%）。参与者的口腔健康知识与母亲的教育水平和职业显著相关（p<0.05）。此外，大多数（65.9%）母亲都会延迟为孩子寻求牙科治疗。母亲的职业、家庭收入和到达附近医疗机构所需的时间被发现是寻求牙科治疗的重要障碍（p<0.05）。
约旦患有 ECC 的儿童的大多数母亲对子女的口腔健康状况知之甚少。此外，大量患有 ECC 的儿童的母亲也会延迟寻求牙科治疗。
