Fatima Ashkanani|Mona Al?Sane
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Caregivers in Relation to Oral Health of Preschool Children
Kuwait University
assess knowledge attitudes practices caregivers kuwait relation oral health preschool childrenquestionnaires multiplechoice questions distributed 334 caregivers children age 6 years attending vaccination centers kuwait question one multiplechoice answers consistent consensus pediatric dental literature relation early childhood caries prevention considered correct 2 test independent test anova stepwise linear regression used assess associations variables question p 005 accepted statistically significantof 334 participants 234 70 20 40 years age high school diploma higher degree 2 5 children mean knowledge score 468 187 mean attitude score 434 088 mean practice score 245 099 major weaknesses reported infant oral healthrelated concepts mothers better knowledge caregivers p 0001 higher education significantly associated better knowledge p 0003 better practices p 0017 addition knowledge attitude level education positively significantly associated practices p 0005our study showed caregivers weak knowledge practice relation oral health preschool children mothers caregivers higher education better knowledge practices education attitude appeared favorable indicators caregivers practices regard oral health preschool children