Alsaadoon Alrouh M, Sulimany Ayman M, Hamdan Hebah M, Murshid Ebtissam Z
Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Patient Prefer Adherence. 2022 Aug 22;16:2271-2285. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S370430. eCollection 2022.
To evaluate the effectiveness of a dental storybook on parents' knowledge about oral health of their children and to assess their perception of its effect in reducing dental anxiety levels among their children, as well as improving their oral health knowledge.
This was a two-arm parallel, single-blind, randomized controlled trial (RCT) which was performed at the pediatric dental clinics in the Dental University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Parents of 88 children (6-8 years old) were included in the present study. Parents and their children were randomly divided into two groups as follows: the intervention group (received the storybook and verbal oral hygiene instructions) and the control group (only received verbal oral hygiene instructions; same information included in the book). Three dental visits, including screening, examination/cleaning and treatment, were provided for each child. In the screening visit, baseline parental oral health knowledge was evaluated for all parents. Afterward, parental oral health knowledge was re-evaluated in the examination visit. In the treatment visit, a parental perception questionnaire was administered to parents following treatment to evaluate their satisfaction regarding the use of the storybook in reducing anxiety levels among their children.
There was a significant improvement in the total knowledge score at the follow-up visit in the intervention group compared to the control group (P<0.0001). Overall, the majority of parents perceived the storybook as a useful source of information, and they found it to be effective in reducing dental anxiety levels among their children.
The dental storybook is an effective educational tool that can help parents become more knowledgeable about their children's oral health. Moreover, parents perceived the storybook as an effective tool for enhancing their oral health knowledge and lowering their children's dental anxiety.
评估一本牙科故事书对家长关于其子女口腔健康知识的影响，并评估他们对该书在降低子女牙科焦虑水平以及提高其口腔健康知识方面效果的认知。
这是一项双臂平行、单盲随机对照试验（RCT），在沙特阿拉伯利雅得国王沙特大学牙科学院医院的儿科牙科诊所进行。本研究纳入了88名6至8岁儿童的家长。家长及其子女被随机分为两组：干预组（收到故事书并接受口头口腔卫生指导）和对照组（仅接受口头口腔卫生指导；与书中包含的信息相同）。为每个孩子提供三次牙科就诊，包括筛查、检查/清洁和治疗。在筛查就诊时，对所有家长的基线口腔健康知识进行评估。之后，在检查就诊时对家长的口腔健康知识进行重新评估。在治疗就诊时，治疗后向家长发放一份家长认知问卷，以评估他们对使用故事书降低子女焦虑水平的满意度。
与对照组相比，干预组在随访就诊时的总知识得分有显著提高（P<0.0001）。总体而言，大多数家长认为故事书是一个有用的信息来源，并且发现它在降低子女牙科焦虑水平方面有效。
牙科故事书是一种有效的教育工具，可以帮助家长更多地了解其子女的口腔健康。此外，家长认为故事书是增强他们口腔健康知识和降低子女牙科焦虑的有效工具。
