Abdul Habeeb Adil|Sumaiya Zabin Eusufzai|Aimi Kamruddin|Wan Muhamad Amir W Ahmad|Nafij Bin Jamayet|Mohmed Isaqali Karobari|Mohammad Khursheed Alam
Assessment of Parents’ Oral Health Literacy and Its Association with Caries Experience of Their Preschool Children
Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia|Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia|Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia|Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia|Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia|Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia|Al Jouf University
1 purpose assess oral health literacy ohl parents association caries experience preschool children attending hospital university sains malaysia husm kota bharu kelantan malaysia 2 materials methods descriptive crosssectional study involving systematic random sampling method using sample 230 parentpreschool child dyads among 230 parents 24 males 206 females mean age 3143 582 among 230 children 92 boys 138 girls mean age 482 104 attending pedodontics clinic husm participated met inclusion criteria structured selfadministered oral health literacy questionnaire including sociodemographic factors used study childs oral examination performed check dmft decayed missing filled teeth status statistical analysis done using descriptive spearmans correlation analysis multivariate regression analysis 3 results mean dmft score children relation ohl level parents showed significant difference p 000 mean dmft score children relation ohl level parents showed following relationships inadequate 749 410 followed marginal 328 267 adequate 055 155 incidence caries amongst children relation parental employment associated unemployed parents 611 443 employed parents 279 365 caries experience amongst children relation education parents revealed significant difference p 0001 mean dmft score high amongst preschool children primary school qualified parents 107 410 followed high school 704 368 vocational 581 357 diploma 261 281 university 129 227 respectively results revealed valid significant difference negative correlation rs 0753 ohl parents dmft score preschool children age gender parents significantly associated ohl whereas ethnicity positive correlation rs 0283 education positive correlation rs 0865 employment negative correlation rs 0490 found significant conclusion conclude significant association ohl parents dmft score preschool children logistic regression showed adjustment sociodemographic factors parents gender 0067 95 ci 00120360 parents employment status 3247 95 ci 089711754 parents ohl score 0042 95 ci 00160114 child age 2195 95 ci 12493857 significantly associated dental caries children study concluded parents employment status age gender ohl childs age significantly associated caries experience preschool children