Oral health practices and knowledge among parents and hired caregivers
| العنوان: | Oral health practices and knowledge among parents and hired caregivers |
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| المؤلفون: | Alex J. Moule, J. D. Sorkin, Q. Alkhubaizi, M. Al-Sane |
| المصدر: | European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry. 19:403-410 |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2018. |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Male, Parents, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, medicine.medical_specialty, Demographics, Oral Health, Oral health, Interviews as Topic, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Surveys and Questionnaires, Health care, medicine, Humans, Dentistry (miscellaneous), 030212 general & internal medicine, Child, business.industry, 030206 dentistry, Oral Hygiene, Cross-Sectional Studies, Caregivers, Kuwait, Family medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Linear Models, Educational Status, Female, Health education, Oral health care, Residence, Culturally Competent Care, business |
| الوصف: | To investigate the oral healthcare practices and knowledge of parents and nannies in Kuwait.A cross-sectional interview-based survey was carried out on parents and nannies to explore their demographics, oral health care practices and knowledge. Independent t-test was used to assess differences in practice and knowledge between parents and nannies. Multiple linear regression compared practice and knowledge of parents and nannies, adjusting for age, time spent in childcare, national origin, education, governorate of residence and number of other children in the household.Three-hundred caregivers were interviewed, parents (N = 146, 49%) and nannies (N = 154, 51%). Parents had a higher mean practice score (parents 3.25, nannies 2.69, p 0.001), but a similar knowledge score to nannies (parents 38.0, nannies 37.6, p 0.48). Governorate of residence predicted lower practice scores for parents residing north of the Kuwaiti capital compared to those residing elsewhere (β = - 0.571, p 0.05). Education weakly predicted lower practice scores for nannies beyond high school, but better scores for parents with a college degree. Education also predicted higher knowledge scores among nannies with college degrees (β = 2.249, p = 0.06), but for the lower knowledge scores (β = - 3.693, p = 0.08) among parents with college degrees.Caregivers' oral health practices and knowledge scores were good. However, nannies had poorer child oral healthcare practices. Results highlight the need to involve nannies in child oral healthcare education. |
| تدمد: | 1996-9805 1818-6300 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s40368-018-0372-6 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::12e19bde9c7c88a98b68fb17fde047f3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40368-018-0372-6 |
| Rights: | CLOSED |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....12e19bde9c7c88a98b68fb17fde047f3 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 19969805 18186300 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s40368-018-0372-6 |