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Polish pregnant women’s knowledge on early childhood caries prevention and oral hygiene in children
- Source :
- BMC Public Health, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2024.
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Abstract
- Abstract Background Early childhood caries (ECC) is one of the most common chronic diseases among children. In Poland 86.9% of six-year-olds have ECC. One of the factors determining adherence to ECC prophylaxis and oral hygiene is mothers’ knowledge. The aim of this study was to assess the level of knowledge demonstrated by pregnant women about ECC prevention and oral hygiene, and to analyse the determinants of this knowledge. Methods A quantitative survey was conducted using Computer Assisted Telephone Interview technique on a randomly selected representative sample of 1,000 women over the age of 18 in their second and third trimesters of pregnancy. The significance level was established at 0.05 and p-values were presented as: p
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712458
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- BMC Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.8cd3a6717b2a41778b29e5bd597a4d3d
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17604-5