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School Children Dental Health , Dental Fear and Anxiety in relation to their Parents ’ Dental Anxiety : Comparative Study
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Moustafa, Shimmaa M. Ahmed, Hanem |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | The aims of the study were to assess children oral health risk, and their dental hygiene practices, discovering children's dental fear and anxiety, understanding children's coping mechanisms, and investigate the relationship between parental dental anxiety and their children dental fear and anxiety. Research design: A comparative cross-sectional study was used to complete this study. Setting: The study was conducted at three primary governmental schools which affiliated to the ministry of education one in Egypt (Zagazig city) and two in Saudi Arabia (Bisha city). Sample: Two hundred child aged (7-12 years and above) and their parents were included in the study from Saudi Arabia and Egypt who fulfilled the selected criteria. Tools: 1) A questionnaire sheet was used to collect the study data included socio-demographic data and oral health risk assessment tool and dental hygiene practices, 2) Dental Subscale of the Children’s Fear Survey Schedule (CFSS-DS), 3) Dental Cope Questionnaire (DCQ), and 4) Corah Dental Anxiety Questionnaire (CDAS). The study results indicated that 20% and 41% of Saudi and Egyptian children were at high oral risk, and satisfactory dental hygiene practices found in 25% of Egyptian children compared to 55% of Saudi children. 70% of Saudi and 89% of Egyptian children used less destructive coping strategies and this difference was highly statistically significant. Egyptian parents dental anxiety was highly positively correlated with child dental fear and child dental anxiety (p<.01).The study findings concluded that 50% and 37% of Saudi and Egyptian children respectively had moderate oral health risk. Significant difference was seen in the dental hygiene practices among both groups. The anxiety level of parents in the two groups was significantly different and so, influence the anxiety levels and coping strategy of their children. The study recommended that the role of both school health nurse and pediatric nurse practitioner should be activated to provide oral health screening, early risk assessment, and preventive services as well as appropriate referrals to children who are at the highest risk for childhood caries, also enhancing practices of palliative measures to decrease children’s anxiety and make them feel relaxed enough to cope with treatment ,and conducting health education programs at schools regarding dental hygiene and tooth brushing to enhance children dental health. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jnhs/papers/vol4-issue6/Version-1/F04613946.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
