Tan H H, ter Horst G, Dekking Y M
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1981 Jun;9(3):122-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1981.tb01042.x.
A questionnaire on dental knowledge, attitude and behavior was presented to Dutch suburban children in the 6th grade (n = 399). The mean age was 12.3 years. The children scored relatively high on knowledge and attitude. Girls scored better on knowledge and attitude than boys. However, the differences were small. Between socioeconomic classes no differences were found in knowledge scores. The attitude of the higher socioeconomic classes was more positive than that of the lower classes. With regard to behavior more than 90% of the children reported that they have their own toothbrush, use toothpaste containing fluoride and visit the dentist every 6 months. Further it was found that 69% eat sweets several times a day, 53% offer sweets in school when they celebrate their birthday, 28% brush their teeth less than twice a day, 45% sometimes forget to brush their teeth and 44% use fluoride tablets. No clear differences in behavior between boys and girls were found. The higher the socioeconomic class of the children the higher the toothbrushing frequency, the more fluoride tablets are used and the lower the sweet consumption frequency. Although almost all children stated that their parents consider toothbrushing important, 24% were not supervised. It is also suggested that effectiveness of dental health education on behavior should not be evaluated in short term studies.
一份关于牙科知识、态度和行为的问卷被发放给荷兰郊区六年级的399名儿童。平均年龄为12.3岁。孩子们在知识和态度方面得分相对较高。女孩在知识和态度方面的得分比男孩高。然而，差异很小。不同社会经济阶层在知识得分上没有差异。社会经济阶层较高的群体态度比社会经济阶层较低的群体更积极。在行为方面，超过90%的儿童报告说他们有自己的牙刷，使用含氟牙膏，并且每6个月看一次牙医。此外，发现69%的儿童每天吃几次甜食，53%的儿童在学校过生日时会分发糖果，28%的儿童每天刷牙少于两次，45%的儿童有时会忘记刷牙，44%的儿童使用氟化物片剂。未发现男孩和女孩在行为上有明显差异。儿童的社会经济阶层越高，刷牙频率越高，使用氟化物片剂的次数越多，甜食消费频率越低。尽管几乎所有儿童都表示他们的父母认为刷牙很重要，但仍有24%的儿童没有受到监督。研究还表明，不应在短期研究中评估牙科健康教育对行为的有效性。
