Oral Health Behaviours, Knowledge, and Literacy of Expectant Mothers
A Cross-Sectional Study among Maternity Ward Patients
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Maternal knowledge, literacy, and behaviours in the area of oral health may greatly influence the risk of caries and the oral health status of children from the youngest age. Thus, the aim of the study was to investigate paediatric oral health knowledge and literacy as well as maternal oral health behaviours and outcomes among expectant mothers. A cross-sectional study was undertaken among 400 pregnant inpatients aged 17-48 years (mean age 29.5 ± 5.3 years) in 31 public maternity wards in the Wielkopolska region, Poland. An anonymous, self-designed questionnaire was prepared on the basis of current oral health recommendations. Pregnancy complications were reported by 195 (48.8%), and permanent tooth extractions by 158 (39.5%) women. Knowledge and literacy scores were associated with, among other things, maternal education, selected oral hygiene practices, and reported extractions of permanent teeth. Although participants had some correct information regarding oral health, they had insufficient awareness of caries as an infectious disease and of the appropriate timing for the child's first dental visit. Their self-assessment of oral health status and belief that they were under dental care tended to be overly optimistic, given their self-reported outcomes. These aspects should be considered in future health education efforts among expectant women
Cross-sectional study · Early childhood caries · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Health literacy · Literacy · Oral health · Oral hygiene · Pregnancy · Public health · Dental Health and Care Utilization · Dentistry · Health Literacy and Information Accessibility · Medicine · Nursing · Pediatric health and respiratory diseases · Psychology
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