Childhood Oral Health: Maternal Knowledge and Practice in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Alzaidi, S., Alanazi, I., Nawas, O., Mulla, M. (2018). Childhood Oral Health: Maternal Knowledge and Practice in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 70(9), 1544-1551.
Sharifah Sulaiman Alzaidi; Ibrahim Abdullah Alanazi; Omar Mohammed Abo Nawas; Mohammed Abdulhai Mulla. "Childhood Oral Health: Maternal Knowledge and Practice in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia". EKB Journal Management System, 70, 9, 2018, 1544-1551.
Alzaidi, S., Alanazi, I., Nawas, O., Mulla, M. (2018). 'Childhood Oral Health: Maternal Knowledge and Practice in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia', EKB Journal Management System, 70(9), pp. 1544-1551.
Alzaidi, S., Alanazi, I., Nawas, O., Mulla, M. Childhood Oral Health: Maternal Knowledge and Practice in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 2018; 70(9): 1544-1551.

Childhood Oral Health: Maternal Knowledge and Practice in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 19, Volume 70, Issue 9, January 2018, Page 1544-1551  XML PDF (433.57 K)
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Authors
Sharifah Sulaiman Alzaidi1; Ibrahim Abdullah Alanazi2; Omar Mohammed Abo Nawas2; Mohammed Abdulhai Mulla2
1King Khalid Military hospital, Tabuk
2Adham General hospital, Ministry of Health, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Abstract
Background: Dental cares is a prevalent health problem among preschool children, despite the fact that oral health is a main component of preschool children’s well-being.
Objectives: To assess the knowledge and practice of mothers in Tabuk city, Saudi Arabia towards their preschool children oral health.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried at Tabuk city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It was carried out in King Khalid military. All mothers having children aged between 3 and 6 years and attended the out-patients` clinics of King Khalid military hospital during the period of Augusr1st-October 31st, 2017  and accept to participate were invited to be included in the study sample. Arabic self-administered structured questionnaire was utilized for collecting data. It includes two main sections. The first section includes socio-demographic information and the second section includes ten knowledge and nine practice questions regarding children`s dental health and hygiene.
Results: The study included 389 mothers. More than half of children were males (50.4%). Nearly one-third of mothers (34.3%) were in the age group 30-34 years whereas 10.3% of them aged above 45 years. Almost half of mothers (49.4%) reported all of social media, dentist and mass media as a source of information regarding oral health and hygiene whereas social media and dentist alone were reported by 17.2% and 21.3% of them, respectively. Collectively, sufficient knowledge was observed among 26% of the participants whereas adequate practice regarding oral health was reported by 36.5% of mothers. Dental cares was reported among 115 children (29.6%) whereas dental deformity was reported among 171 children (44%).
Conclusion: This study revealed insufficient knowledge and inadequate practice of mothers regarding their children oral health and hygiene. Some factors were identified affecting both child`s oral health knowledge and practice.
Keywords
Teeth decay; Mothers; preschool children; oral health; oral hygiene; Knowledge
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