TY - JOUR
T1 - Dental caries in 3-year-old children is associated more with child-rearing behaviors than mother-related health behaviors
AU - Kawashita, Yumiko
AU - Fukuda, Hideki
AU - Kawasaki, Koji
AU - Kitamura, Masayasu
AU - Hayashida, Hideaki
AU - Furugen, Reiko
AU - Fukumoto, Emiko
AU - Iijima, Youichi
AU - Saito, Toshiyuki
PY - 2009/3/1
Y1 - 2009/3/1
N2 - Objective: We assessed whether child- or mother-related health behaviors were associated more strongly with dental caries in 3-year-old children. Methods: Multiple logistic regression analyses were performed on dental caries' presence as the dependent variable with independent variables from the results of examination and a self-administered questionnaire of 396 mother-child pairs. Result: Dental caries of 3-year-old children was more strongly associated with child-related health behavior than mother-related health behavior. Of the child-related variables, "a habit of feeding in bed" [OR (odds ratio) 10.14; 95 percent class interval (CI) 1.80-56.97], "eating between meals three times a day or more" (OR 3.33; 95 percent CI 1.56-7.10), "consuming a sports drink three times a week or more" (OR 4.47; 95 percent CI 1.60-12.49), "having both home and professional preventive dental care" (OR 3.02; 95 percent CI 1.44-6.32), and "having professional preventive dental care" (OR 3.79; 95 percent CI 1.75-8.21) were significantly associated with dental caries in children. Of the mother-related variables, "brushing teeth once a day or less" (OR 2.72; 95 percent CI 1.19-6.20) and "drinking alcohol three times a week or more" (OR 0.38; 95 percent CI 0.16-0.93) had significant effects. Conclusion: Dental caries of 3-year-old children was more strongly associated with child-related health behavior than mother-related health behavior. The results of this study suggest that encouraging good child-rearing behavior among mothers could result in better dental health among their children regardless of the mother's dental health status.
AB - Objective: We assessed whether child- or mother-related health behaviors were associated more strongly with dental caries in 3-year-old children. Methods: Multiple logistic regression analyses were performed on dental caries' presence as the dependent variable with independent variables from the results of examination and a self-administered questionnaire of 396 mother-child pairs. Result: Dental caries of 3-year-old children was more strongly associated with child-related health behavior than mother-related health behavior. Of the child-related variables, "a habit of feeding in bed" [OR (odds ratio) 10.14; 95 percent class interval (CI) 1.80-56.97], "eating between meals three times a day or more" (OR 3.33; 95 percent CI 1.56-7.10), "consuming a sports drink three times a week or more" (OR 4.47; 95 percent CI 1.60-12.49), "having both home and professional preventive dental care" (OR 3.02; 95 percent CI 1.44-6.32), and "having professional preventive dental care" (OR 3.79; 95 percent CI 1.75-8.21) were significantly associated with dental caries in children. Of the mother-related variables, "brushing teeth once a day or less" (OR 2.72; 95 percent CI 1.19-6.20) and "drinking alcohol three times a week or more" (OR 0.38; 95 percent CI 0.16-0.93) had significant effects. Conclusion: Dental caries of 3-year-old children was more strongly associated with child-related health behavior than mother-related health behavior. The results of this study suggest that encouraging good child-rearing behavior among mothers could result in better dental health among their children regardless of the mother's dental health status.
KW - Behavior
KW - Dental caries
KW - Preschool children
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2008.00107.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2008.00107.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 19054311
AN - SCOPUS:66749135891
VL - 69
SP - 104
EP - 110
JO - Journal of Public Health Dentistry
JF - Journal of Public Health Dentistry
SN - 0022-4006
IS - 2
ER -