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  • Influence of maternal characteristics and caregiving behaviours on children's caries experience: An intergenerational approach

    Author(s)
    Goettems, Marilia L
    Nascimento, Gustavo G
    Peres, Marco A
    Santos, Ina S
    Matijasevich, Alicia
    Barros, Aluisio JD
    Peres, Karen G
    Demarco, Flavio F
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Peres, Marco A.
    Glazer De Anselmo Peres, Karen
    Year published
    2018
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    Abstract
    Objectives: This study adopted an intergenerational approach, aiming to answer the following research questions: (a) Are maternal oral health‐related behaviours and oral health associated with dental caries in preschool children?; (b) Do maternal caregiving behaviours mediate the association between maternal oral health‐related behaviours and dental caries in preschool children. Methods: Children aged 5 years, enrolled in the 2004 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort, were investigated (n = 1303). Children were dentally examined using WHO criteria to assess the number of decayed, missing and filled surfaces (dmfs), and their ...
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    Objectives: This study adopted an intergenerational approach, aiming to answer the following research questions: (a) Are maternal oral health‐related behaviours and oral health associated with dental caries in preschool children?; (b) Do maternal caregiving behaviours mediate the association between maternal oral health‐related behaviours and dental caries in preschool children. Methods: Children aged 5 years, enrolled in the 2004 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort, were investigated (n = 1303). Children were dentally examined using WHO criteria to assess the number of decayed, missing and filled surfaces (dmfs), and their mothers were interviewed. Standardized direct, indirect and total effects of maternal characteristics (frequency of toothbrushing, dental anxiety, the pattern of dental attendance, self‐perception about oral health and self‐reported dental caries) on maternal caregiving behaviours and children's dmfs were assessed using path analysis. Results: Mean dmfs was 4.1 (95% CI 3.6;4.5). Maternal oral health‐related behaviours had no direct effect on children's dental caries: child dental attendance pattern partially mediates the effect of maternal dental attendance pattern on dental caries (87.8%; P < 0.05) and partially mediates the effect of maternal dental anxiety (39.9%; P < 0.001). Child frequency of toothbrushing mediates 28.0% (P < 0.001) of the effect of maternal frequency of toothbrushing on dental caries. Conclusions: Socioeconomic factors directly influenced children's caries experience, whereas maternal oral health‐related behaviours had no direct effect. It was observed an indirect effect of maternal dental anxiety and dental attendance pattern on children's dental caries mediated by caregiving behaviours, such as child dental attendance pattern and frequency of toothbrushing.
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    Journal Title
    Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/cdoe.12406
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    This publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
    Subject
    Dentistry
    Dentistry not elsewhere classified
    Health services and systems
    Public health
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/380503
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