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Conference Paper: Factors affecting parental and self-toothbrushing among 2-year-old Hong Kong children
Title | Factors affecting parental and self-toothbrushing among 2-year-old Hong Kong children |
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Keywords | Clinical trials Infants Preventive dentistry Toothbrushes and toothbrushing |
Issue Date | 2012 |
Publisher | Sage Publications, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201925 |
Citation | The Annual Meeting of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Southeast Asian Division, Hong Kong, China, 3-4 November 2012. In Journal of Dental Research, 2012, v. 91 n. Special Issue C: abstract no. 168962 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Objectives: to investigate the factors affecting practice of parental and self-toothbrushing among young children in Hong Kong.
Methods: A clinical trial was conducted on generally healthy 1-year-old children and their parents, recruited from child day care centers or parenting education centers. Children were randomly allocated into a positive control group which received a brief oral health talk (Gp1) and two intervention groups which included oral health talk and training in parental toothbrushing, reinforced every 6 months, with or without semi-annual application of 5% NaF varnish (Gp2 or Gp3). At baseline and 1-year follow-up, parents were asked to complete a questionnaire about their child’s background and parent’s and child’s practice in brushing the child’s teeth.
Results: A total of 450 children with a mean age of 15 months were recruited at baseline and 429 (95%) children were followed up for 1 year. At the 1-year follow-up, proportions of children in Gp1, Gp2 and Gp3 who practiced self-toothbrushing twice or more daily were 46%, 48% and 46%, respectively (p=0.929). The proportions of parents in Gp1 to Gp3 who brushed their child’s teeth twice or more a day were 55%, 54% and 56%, respectively (p=0.942). Factors associated with the practice of twice daily parental or child’s self-toothbrushing were similar. These included parents’ oral health knowledge (p<0.01), parents’ education level (p<0.001), and household income (p<0.001), but not the group allocation in the trial.
Conclusions: Young children’s toothbrurshing behaviors were influenced by their socio-economic background, but not significantly improved by providing training on toothbrushing to their parents.
(Funded by Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Grant # HKU771709M) |
Description | Session: Behavioral, Epidemiologic and Health Services Research |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/182066 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 5.7 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.909 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Jiang, M | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Lo, ECM | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Chu, CH | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, MCM | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-17T07:20:44Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-04-17T07:20:44Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | The Annual Meeting of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Southeast Asian Division, Hong Kong, China, 3-4 November 2012. In Journal of Dental Research, 2012, v. 91 n. Special Issue C: abstract no. 168962 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-0345 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/182066 | - |
dc.description | Session: Behavioral, Epidemiologic and Health Services Research | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: to investigate the factors affecting practice of parental and self-toothbrushing among young children in Hong Kong. Methods: A clinical trial was conducted on generally healthy 1-year-old children and their parents, recruited from child day care centers or parenting education centers. Children were randomly allocated into a positive control group which received a brief oral health talk (Gp1) and two intervention groups which included oral health talk and training in parental toothbrushing, reinforced every 6 months, with or without semi-annual application of 5% NaF varnish (Gp2 or Gp3). At baseline and 1-year follow-up, parents were asked to complete a questionnaire about their child’s background and parent’s and child’s practice in brushing the child’s teeth. Results: A total of 450 children with a mean age of 15 months were recruited at baseline and 429 (95%) children were followed up for 1 year. At the 1-year follow-up, proportions of children in Gp1, Gp2 and Gp3 who practiced self-toothbrushing twice or more daily were 46%, 48% and 46%, respectively (p=0.929). The proportions of parents in Gp1 to Gp3 who brushed their child’s teeth twice or more a day were 55%, 54% and 56%, respectively (p=0.942). Factors associated with the practice of twice daily parental or child’s self-toothbrushing were similar. These included parents’ oral health knowledge (p<0.01), parents’ education level (p<0.001), and household income (p<0.001), but not the group allocation in the trial. Conclusions: Young children’s toothbrurshing behaviors were influenced by their socio-economic background, but not significantly improved by providing training on toothbrushing to their parents. (Funded by Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Grant # HKU771709M) | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201925 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Dental Research | en_US |
dc.rights | Journal of Dental Research. Copyright © Sage Publications, Inc. | - |
dc.subject | Clinical trials | - |
dc.subject | Infants | - |
dc.subject | Preventive dentistry | - |
dc.subject | Toothbrushes and toothbrushing | - |
dc.title | Factors affecting parental and self-toothbrushing among 2-year-old Hong Kong children | en_US |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Lo, ECM: hrdplcm@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Chu, CH: chchu@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Wong, MCM: mcmwong@hkucc.hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Lo, ECM=rp00015 | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Chu, CH=rp00022 | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Wong, MCM=rp00024 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 213914 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 91 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | Special Issue C: abstract no. 168962 | en_US |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0022-0345 | - |