TY - JOUR
T1 - The correlation between a mother's behavior regarding her child's dietary habits and early childhood caries (based on the theory of planned behavior)
AU - Badruddin, Iwany Amalliah
AU - Zhafarina, Almas Riska
AU - Rahardjo, Anton
AU - Prabawanti, Ciptasari
AU - Adiatman, Melissa
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a PITTA Grant from the Research and Community Development Center of Universitas Indonesia year 2017. The authors would like to thank Unilever for providing children’s toothpaste and toothbrushes, as well as the cooperation from the cadres and mothers at Posyandus at Beji Subdistrict, Depok, West Java, Indonesia.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, University of Dicle.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Objective: To obtain information regarding the relationship of amother's behaviour in relation to her child's dietary habits based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) with Early Childhood Caries (ECC). Methods: This research comprised a cross-sectional study using a TPB questionnaire on 295 mothers and intra-oral examinations on 295 children in the District of Beji, Depok, Indonesia. The calibration of the TPB questionnaire was conducted prior to the research. The internal and external reliability of the children's dietary habits questionnaire was Cronbach's alpha = 0.863 and Intraclass Correlation (ICC) = 0.899. Results: The prevalence of ECC in the Beji District was 53.9%, with a DMFT score of 3.46and plaque score of 7.66. The correlation between children's dietary habits and ECC was significant and constituted a negative correlation (r = -0.293 and r = -0.197). Conclusion: There was a significant correlation between a mother's behavior in relation to her child's dietary habits based on the TPB, with ECC. These findings have important implications for the prevention of ECC in children because they suggest that prevention programs need to also focus on mother's behavior towards oral health, since it affects their children's dietary habits.
AB - Objective: To obtain information regarding the relationship of amother's behaviour in relation to her child's dietary habits based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) with Early Childhood Caries (ECC). Methods: This research comprised a cross-sectional study using a TPB questionnaire on 295 mothers and intra-oral examinations on 295 children in the District of Beji, Depok, Indonesia. The calibration of the TPB questionnaire was conducted prior to the research. The internal and external reliability of the children's dietary habits questionnaire was Cronbach's alpha = 0.863 and Intraclass Correlation (ICC) = 0.899. Results: The prevalence of ECC in the Beji District was 53.9%, with a DMFT score of 3.46and plaque score of 7.66. The correlation between children's dietary habits and ECC was significant and constituted a negative correlation (r = -0.293 and r = -0.197). Conclusion: There was a significant correlation between a mother's behavior in relation to her child's dietary habits based on the TPB, with ECC. These findings have important implications for the prevention of ECC in children because they suggest that prevention programs need to also focus on mother's behavior towards oral health, since it affects their children's dietary habits.
KW - Early childhood caries
KW - Mother's oral health behavior,Dietary habits
KW - Theory of planned behavior
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85050196891
SN - 1309-100X
VL - 10
SP - 574
EP - 582
JO - Journal of International Dental and Medical Research
JF - Journal of International Dental and Medical Research
IS - Specialissue
ER -