Can Child Temperament Be Related to Early Childhood Caries?
| Autor: | S. Ghertasi Oskouei, Arezoo Ghoreishizadeh, Morteza Ghojazadeh, Naser Asl Aminabadi, M. Ghoreishizadeh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Pleasure Toothbrushing Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Dental Caries Susceptibility media_common.quotation_subject Emotions Child Behavior Poison control Dental Caries Shyness Frustration Oral hygiene Feeding Methods Risk Factors Dietary Carbohydrates Humans Medicine Attention Interpersonal Relations Early childhood Temperament General Dentistry media_common business.industry Infant Fear Feeding Behavior Odds ratio Anticipation Psychological Oral Hygiene medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies Social Class Child Preschool Female Perception business Breast feeding Early childhood caries Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Caries Research. 48:3-12 |
| ISSN: | 1421-976X 0008-6568 |
| Popis: | Beyond the biological risk factors of early childhood caries (ECC) is child temperament. This study aimed to investigate the relationship of ECC to different traits of child temperament, directly and indirectly through the nutritional and oral hygiene habits. Through a multi-stage sampling, 373 kindergarten children aged 18-36 months participated in this study. The primary caregivers filled in the Early Childhood Behaviour Questionnaire (ECBQ) and a checklist containing demographic data and the dietary and oral hygiene habits of the children. Children were examined for dental caries. The frequency of ECC was 41.14%. With 18 aspects of a child's temperament under consideration, attentional shifting, fear, frustration, low-intensity pleasure, sadness and shyness were significantly higher in the ECC group. Cuddliness, perceptual sensitivity, positive anticipation and soothability were significantly higher in caries-free children. Attentional shifting (p = 0.02), frustration (p = 0.02) and shyness (p = 0.03) were risk factors and cuddliness (p < 0.001) was a protecting factor for ECC. In the multiple regression model regarding nutritional and oral hygiene habits, easily soothable children were 0.69 times less likely to use sweetened liquids frequently [odds ratio (OR) 0.69, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.49-0.97, p = 0.03], while sad children were 0.58 times less likely to brush (OR 0.58, 95% CI 0.36-0.94, p = 0.02). Considering temperament traits along with socioeconomic status, positive anticipation was the most significant determinant of ECC (OR 1.57, 95% CI 1.13-2.19, p = 0.007). However, considering temperament, socioeconomic measures and child habits among ECC risk factors, the most significant was the initiation of brushing habits (OR 5.41, 95% CI 2.81-12.98, p = 0.002). |
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