Nayak Mihir, Srinath Sarakanuru K, Azher Umme, Srinath Sahana, Murthy Gargi S, More Snehalika
Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Sri Rajiv Gandhi College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Ann Afr Med. 2024 Oct 23;24(1):61-7. doi: 10.4103/aam.aam_217_23.
In our routine pediatric dental practice, many of us encounter parents and caretakers of Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) who complain about the difficulties they face in daily tooth brushing of their children. Some parents may have to accept defeat as their children face overwhelming medical conditions to cater to; ultimately leading to paradigm shift of oral hygiene leading to increase of dental caries and gingival problems.
To develop and validate a comprehensive tool that can help us in assessing parent related stressors and coping factors with regard to maintenance of oral hygiene of their children.
Data related to stress and coping factors encountered during maintenance of oral hygiene of their children and their experiences during the child's dental treatment (if any) were collected from parents of CSHCN. Validation and feedback from content evaluation panel experts were done.
A comprehensive assessment tool with 45 items (29 stresses related items and 16 coping related items) was developed after validation.
We could develop and validate a 'Stress and Coping Assessment Tool associated with maintaining Oral health among Children with Special health care needs' - abbreviated as "SCATOCS" with a hope to benefit and manage oral health care to the referred population.
在我们日常的儿科牙科诊疗中，我们很多人会遇到有特殊医疗需求儿童（CSHCN）的家长和照料者，他们抱怨在给孩子日常刷牙时面临困难。一些家长可能不得不认输，因为他们的孩子面临着需要全力应对的医疗状况；最终导致口腔卫生模式转变，进而增加龋齿和牙龈问题。
开发并验证一种综合工具，以帮助我们评估家长在维护孩子口腔卫生方面的相关压力源和应对因素。
从有特殊医疗需求儿童的家长那里收集与孩子口腔卫生维护过程中遇到的压力和应对因素以及孩子牙科治疗期间（如有）的经历相关的数据。进行了内容评估小组专家的验证和反馈。
经过验证后，开发出了一个包含45个项目（29个与压力相关的项目和16个与应对相关的项目）的综合评估工具。
我们能够开发并验证一个“有特殊医疗需求儿童口腔健康维护相关压力与应对评估工具”——简称为“SCATOCS”，希望能造福并管理转诊人群的口腔医疗保健。
