Fernandes Sara Costa, Louceiro Ana, Lopes Luísa Bandeira, Esteves Francisco, Arriaga Patrícia
Centro de Intervenção e Investigação Social (CIS-Iscte), ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal.
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1169-056 Lisboa, Portugal.
Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Apr 4;9(4):416. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9040416.
The present study sought to contribute to a better understanding of children's attitudes and behaviors regarding oral health and dental practices. The sample was composed of 101 children (8-10 years), collected from several schools in the Lisbon metropolitan area. Our main goals were to collect a survey of information about the beliefs, attitudes, habits and knowledge of children about oral and dental issues in order to not only have an overview of them but also to serve as a basis and a starting point for the development of intervention programs to increase positive attitudes and behaviors related to oral health and promote greater knowledge about these subjects. In general, children reported positive behaviors regarding dental habits and oral hygiene practices. Children's opinions and beliefs about dentists were also globally positive; however, the results suggested that younger children reported more positive attitudes, emotions and previous experiences. Regarding children's knowledge about these dental issues, the results were quite negative and worrying, ruled by ignorance and incorrect beliefs and behaviors. In sum, all the results and conclusions of this study may contribute to the development of educational programs within the scope of the promotion of oral health and hygiene practices-"An Adventure about Oral Health."
本研究旨在有助于更好地理解儿童对口腔健康和牙科诊疗的态度及行为。样本由101名8至10岁的儿童组成，从里斯本大都市区的几所学校收集而来。我们的主要目标是收集一份关于儿童对口腔和牙齿问题的信念、态度、习惯及知识的调查，以便不仅能对其有一个总体了解，还能作为制定干预计划的基础和起点，以增强与口腔健康相关的积极态度和行为，并促进对这些主题的更多了解。总体而言，儿童报告了有关牙齿习惯和口腔卫生做法的积极行为。儿童对牙医的看法和信念总体上也是积极的；然而，结果表明年龄较小的儿童报告了更积极的态度、情绪和以往经历。关于儿童对这些牙齿问题的知识，结果相当负面且令人担忧，受无知以及错误信念和行为的支配。总之，本研究的所有结果和结论可能有助于在促进口腔健康和卫生做法的范围内制定教育计划——“一次关于口腔健康的冒险”。
