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- Title
Evaluation of parental attitude toward the first child’s and subsequent child’s oral health care – A questionnaire study.
- Authors
Srinivas, Abhinaya; Jeevanandan, Ganesh
- Abstract
Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the attitude of parents toward the first child’s and subsequent children’s oral health care. Materials and Methods: Two hundred questionnaires were distributed among parents who had at least two children. The collected data were analyzed using IBM SPSS statistics software 23.0 Version. To find the significant difference between the bivariate samples in the independent groups, the unpaired sample t-test was used. For the multivariate analysis, the one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test was used. Results: About 33% of the parents had school level of education. 37% of the parents had finished their under graduation. The remaining 30% had completed postgraduation level of education. The DMFT status of the first child was found to be more than the second child whose parents had finished school and under graduation level of education (82% and 64.3%, respectively). The DMFT status of the first child and subsequent child was almost similar whose parents had finished postgraduation level of education. The overall DMFT status of the first child was higher than the second child. Conclusion: Parents’ knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about oral health care play a key role in the dental health of their children.
- Subjects
INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp.; CHILDREN'S health; EDUCATIONAL attainment; PARENT attitudes; MEDICAL care; T-test (Statistics); STATISTICAL software
- Publication
Drug Invention Today, 2019, Vol 11, Issue 4, p875
- ISSN
0975-7619
- Publication type
Article