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Article: Parental Compliance towards Oral Health Education among Preschoolers with Special Healthcare Needs
Title | Parental Compliance towards Oral Health Education among Preschoolers with Special Healthcare Needs |
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Keywords | health education parental compliance oral health literacy pediatric special needs |
Issue Date | 2021 |
Publisher | Molecular Diversity Preservation International. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.mdpi.org/ijerph |
Citation | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, v. 18 n. 14, p. article no. 7323 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Background: Young children with special needs greatly rely on their parents to support their daily living activities; parental compliance may have great impact on the implementation of health promotion activities among those children. This study aimed to investigate the parental compliance towards oral health education (OHE) among children with special healthcare needs (SHCN). Method: The participants were 306 parents whose children had participated in a 24-month OHE program for preschool children with SHCN. The primary outcome of this cross-sectional study was parental compliance towards the OHE program. Parents’ oral health literacy (OHL) was assessed by a validated tool. Parents’ socioeconomic status, attitudes towards OHE topics, perceptions of children’s oral hygiene status, and usefulness of OHE materials were collected via questionnaires. Results: A higher dropout rate was observed among parents who perceived that their children had unfavorable oral hygiene status (p = 0.038), or parents who had poor OHL skills (p = 0.015). Parental noncompliance was more likely to be observed among parents who perceived that the OHE materials were not useful for their children (OR = 3.63, 95% CI 1.56 to 8.47, p = 0.003), or parents whose children had been diagnosed with developmental delays (OR = 5.45, 95% CI 1.59 to18.74, p = 0.007). Conclusion: Non-compliance existed among parents whose children had received OHE intervention. Parental compliance towards OHE intervention might be associated with parents’ OHL skills, usefulness of OHE materials, and children’s developmental conditions. OHE programs should be individually tailored to support children whose parents are at a higher risk of noncompliant behaviors. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/301369 |
ISSN | 2019 Impact Factor: 2.849 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.808 |
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dc.contributor.author | Zhou, N | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, HM | - |
dc.contributor.author | McGrath, C | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-07-27T08:10:03Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-07-27T08:10:03Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, v. 18 n. 14, p. article no. 7323 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1661-7827 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/301369 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Young children with special needs greatly rely on their parents to support their daily living activities; parental compliance may have great impact on the implementation of health promotion activities among those children. This study aimed to investigate the parental compliance towards oral health education (OHE) among children with special healthcare needs (SHCN). Method: The participants were 306 parents whose children had participated in a 24-month OHE program for preschool children with SHCN. The primary outcome of this cross-sectional study was parental compliance towards the OHE program. Parents’ oral health literacy (OHL) was assessed by a validated tool. Parents’ socioeconomic status, attitudes towards OHE topics, perceptions of children’s oral hygiene status, and usefulness of OHE materials were collected via questionnaires. Results: A higher dropout rate was observed among parents who perceived that their children had unfavorable oral hygiene status (p = 0.038), or parents who had poor OHL skills (p = 0.015). Parental noncompliance was more likely to be observed among parents who perceived that the OHE materials were not useful for their children (OR = 3.63, 95% CI 1.56 to 8.47, p = 0.003), or parents whose children had been diagnosed with developmental delays (OR = 5.45, 95% CI 1.59 to18.74, p = 0.007). Conclusion: Non-compliance existed among parents whose children had received OHE intervention. Parental compliance towards OHE intervention might be associated with parents’ OHL skills, usefulness of OHE materials, and children’s developmental conditions. OHE programs should be individually tailored to support children whose parents are at a higher risk of noncompliant behaviors. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Molecular Diversity Preservation International. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.mdpi.org/ijerph | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | health education | - |
dc.subject | parental compliance | - |
dc.subject | oral health literacy | - |
dc.subject | pediatric | - |
dc.subject | special needs | - |
dc.title | Parental Compliance towards Oral Health Education among Preschoolers with Special Healthcare Needs | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Wong, HM: wonghmg@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | McGrath, C: mcgrathc@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Wong, HM=rp00042 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | McGrath, C=rp00037 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/ijerph18147323 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 34299771 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC8307991 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85109142779 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 323573 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 18 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 14 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 7323 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 7323 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000676432200001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Switzerland | - |