SELECTION OF THE CRITERIA THAT IDENTIFY PREGNANT KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES ABOUT THEIR ORAL HEALTH

Purpose: To selected the criteria that identify the pregnant knowledge and attitudes about oral health in the women who attended Salud Total EPS in Bucaramanga.Methods: The data collected (self administered questionnaire with closed answers) was taken from the pregnant women participant in a controlled clinical assay. Forty pregnant women were stratified in two groups (control and experimental). The variables evaluated were sociodemographic aspects, intervention type, knowledge and attitudes before and after the treatment. Means, modes, medians, standard deviation were determined for all data. Bivariate analyses were performed by chi square test, Student’s t test and the Wilcoson test. For all tests, p