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Misconceptions and traditional practices toward infant teething symptoms among mothers in eastern Sudan: a cross‒sectional study
| العنوان: | Misconceptions and traditional practices toward infant teething symptoms among mothers in eastern Sudan: a cross‒sectional study |
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| المؤلفون: | Ahmed, Mohammed Ahmed A., Salih, Karimeldin M., Al-Nafeesah, Abdullah, Adam, Ishag, Hassan, Bahaeldin |
| المصدر: | Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences; v. 20 (2021): Continuous Publication; e210967 ; Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences; Vol. 20 (2021): Continuous Publication; e210967 ; 1677-3225 |
| بيانات النشر: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Tooth eruption, Knowledge, Signs and symptoms, Mothers, Child |
| جغرافية الموضوع: | Sudan, Contemporany |
| الوصف: | There is no much published data on the mothers’ false beliefs about signs and symptoms associated with teething in Sudan. Aim: This cross-sectional hospital-based study was conducted to assess mothers` knowledge about infant teething process and to evaluate mothers’ practices used to alleviate teething disturbances in Gadarif city, eastern Sudan. Methods: Questionnaires were used to collect data. Multivariate logistics regression models were performed and adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. Results/Conclusion: Of a total of 384 participating mothers, 126 (32.8%) had good knowledge about infant teething. The mothers’ knowledge was associated with a higher number of children in the family (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 1.14) and with having a job (AOR = 2.22). Mothers residing in rural areas (AOR = 0.40) and mothers with lower than secondary education (AOR = 0.43) were less likely to have good knowledge about teething. Diarrhea (88.5%), fever (86.5%), an urge to bite (76.6%), and poor appetite (71.9%) were the signs and symptoms most attributed to teething by mothers. Only the mother’s knowledge about teething was associated with reporting fever as a sign. A considerable number (317; 82.6%) of mothers reported performing “Dokhan” (acacia wood smoke), 313 (81.5%) preferred to administer paracetamol or other systemic analgesics, 262 (68.2%) agreed that a child with tooth eruption should be taken to a hospital or health center, and 216 (56.3%) believed that antibiotics relieved symptoms related to teething. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/bjos/article/view/8660967/25902; https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/bjos/article/view/8660967 |
| DOI: | 10.20396/bjos.v20i00.8660967 |
| الاتاحة: | https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/bjos/article/view/8660967 https://doi.org/10.20396/bjos.v20i00.8660967 |
| Rights: | Copyright (c) 2021 Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.8A3FEF64 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.20396/bjos.v20i00.8660967 |
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