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Annelerin Ağız Sağlığına Yönelik Bilgi ve Uygulamalarının Beş Yaş Altındaki Çocukların Diş Sağlığına Etkisi: Karşılaştırmalı Kesitsel bir Çalışma
The Effect of Mothers' Knowledge of and Practice Towards Oral Health on the Dental Health of Children under Five: A Comparative Cross-sectional Study
Hatice PARSa, Hicran ÇAVUŞOĞLUa
aÇocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Hemşireliği AD, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi, Ankara, TÜRKİYE
Turkiye Klinikleri J Nurs Sci. 2019;11(2):148-61
doi: 10.5336/nurses.2018-63194
Article Language: TR
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 Amaç: Annelerin ağız ve diş sağlığına yönelik bilgi ve uygulamalarının beş yaş altındaki çocukların diş sağlığına etkisini incelemektir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Karşılaştırmalı kesitsel tipte yürütülen araştırma, Mayıs-Haziran 2018 tarihleri arasında Ankara'da bir özel hastanenin ağız ve diş sağlığı polikliniği ve sağlık bakanlığına bağlı bir ağız ve diş sağlığı hastanesinin çocuk diş kliniğinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Veriler, araştırmacılar tarafından oluşturulan veri toplama formu ile elde edilmiştir. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde sayı, yüzde, Mann-Whitney U testi, ki-kare testi ve regresyon analizi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Çocuklardaki diş cürüğü sayısı ortalama 2,60±2,91 olup; özel hastanede 1,34±2,04, ağız ve diş sağlığı merkezinde ise 3,86±3,12 bulunmuştur. Çocuklarda çürük prevalansı %64'tür. Annenin eğitim durumu, gelir düzeyi, diş hekimine gitme sıklığı, annenin ve çocuğun diş fırçalama alışkanlığı, çocuğun yaşı, çocuğun şekerli gıda tüketme durumu ve sıklığı, emzik ve biberon kullanma durumu, çocuğun dişlerini fırçalamaya başlama yaşı, yemek ve ara öğün sonrası diş fırçalama zamanı ile çocuklarda diş çürüğü görülme durumu arasında anlamlı bir ilişki saptanmıştır (p<0,05). Sonuç: Çocuklarda diş çürüğü prevalansı yüksek olup, annelerin ağız-diş sağlığına yönelik bilgi durumları ve uygulamalarının çocukların diş sağlığını etkilediği görülmektedir. Çocuklukta ağız hijyenine yönelik sağlıklı davranışlarının geliştirilmesinde anne-babanın rol modeli olması ve onlara yönelik ağzı ve diş sağlığı eğitim programlarının oluşturulması, yaygınlaştırılması ve devamlılığı gereklidir. Hemşirelerin ise bu süreçte aktif rol alması ve ekip iş birliği öncelikli hedefler arasında yer almalıdır.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Ağız sağlığı; anne, diş çürükleri; erken çocukluk dönemi; hemşirelik
ABSTRACT
 Objective: The aim of the study is to examine the effects of mothers' knowledge of and behaviours towards oral health on the dental health of children under five. Material and Methods: This comparative and cross-sectional study was conducted between May-June 2018 in Ankara, Turkey in the oral and dental health polyclinic of a private hospital and the pediatric dental clinic of a hospital affiliated to the ministry of health and specialized in oral and dental health. The data was collected through the data collection form designed by the researchers. Number and percentage analysis, Mann-Whitney U test, Chisquare test, and regression analysis were used to analyze the data. Results: The mean number of dental caries in children was 2.60±2.91 and 1.34±2.04 in the private hospital. In the oral and dental health clinic, on the other hand, it was found to be 3.86±3.12. The prevalence of dental caries in children was 64%. A significant relationship (p<0.05) was found between tooth decay in children and mother's educational status and income level, the frequency of going to a dentist, the tooth brushing habits of the mother and the child, the child's age, the frequency of sugary food consumption of the child, the status of using pacifiers and feeding bottles, child's age of starting to brush the teeth, and the habit of brushing teeth after meals and snacks. Conclusion: The prevalence of dental caries in children is high, and it has been observed that mothers? knowledge of and practice towards oral-dental health affect the dental health of children. It is necessary for parents to be a role-model to their children in developing healthy behaviors for oral hygiene and to create, disseminate and maintain oral and dental health education programs for both parents and children. As primary aims, nurses should take an active role in this process and a multidisciplinary team approach should be adopted.

Keywords: Oral health; mother; dental caries; early childhood; nursing
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5.1. The information accessed through this "SITE" or provided by the users legally and all the elements (including but not limited to design, text, image, html code and other codes) of the "SITE" (all of them will be called as studies tied to "Turkiye Klinikleri"s copyrights) belongs to "Turkiye Klinikleri". Users do not have the right to resell, process, share, distribute, display or give someone permission to access or to use the "Turkiye Klinikleri" services, "Turkiye Klinikleri" information and the products under copyright protection by "Turkiye Klinikleri". Within hereby "Terms of Use" unless explicitly permitted by "Turkiye Klinikleri" nobody can reproduce, process, distribute or produce or prepare any study from those under "Turkiye Klinikleri" copyright protection.

5.2. Within hereby "Terms of Use", "Turkiye Klinikleri" reserves the rights for "Turkiye Klinikleri" services, "Turkiye Klinikleri" information, the products associated with "Turkiye Klinikleri" copyrights, "Turkiye Klinikleri" trademarks, "Turkiye Klinikleri" trade looks or its all rights for other entity and information it has through this website unless it is explicitly authorized by "Turkiye Klinikleri".

6. CHANGES IN THE TERMS OF USE

"Turkiye Klinikleri" in its sole discretion may change the hereby "Terms of Use" anytime announcing within the "SITE". The changed terms of the hereby "Terms of Use" will become valid when they are announced. Hereby "Terms of Use" cannot be changed by unilateral declarations of users.

7. FORCE MAJEURE

"Turkiye Klinikleri" is not responsible for executing late or never of this hereby "Terms of Use", privacy policy and "USER Contract" in any situation legally taken into account as force majeure. Being late or failure of performance or non-defaulting of this and similar cases like this will not be the case from the viewpoint of "Turkiye Klinikleri", and "Turkiye Klinikleri" will not have any damage liability for these situations. "Force majeure" term will be regarded as outside of the concerned party's reasonable control and any situation that "Turkiye Klinikleri" cannot prevent even though it shows due diligence. Also, force majeure situations include but not limited to natural disasters, rebellion, war, strike, communication problems, infrastructure and internet failure, power cut and bad weather conditions.

8. LAW AND AUTHORISATION TO FOLLOW

Turkish Law will be applied in practicing, interpreting the hereby "Terms of Use" and managing the emerging legal relationships within this "Terms of Use" in case of finding element of foreignness, except for the rules of Turkish conflict of laws. Ankara Courts and Enforcement Offices are entitled in any controversy happened or may happen due to hereby contract.

9. CLOSING AND AGREEMENT

Hereby "Terms of Use" come into force when announced in the "SITE" by "Turkiye Klinikleri". The users are regarded to agree to hereby contract terms by using the "SITE". "Turkiye Klinikleri" may change the contract terms and the changes will be come into force by specifying the version number and the date of change on time it is published in the "SITE".

 

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Privacy Policy

We recommend you to read the terms of use below before you visit our website. In case you agree these terms, following our rules will be to your favor. Please read our Terms of Use thoroughly.

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com website belongs to Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. and is designed in order to inform physicians in the field of health

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot reach to user’s identity, address, service providers or other information. The users may send this information to the website through forms if they would like to. However, www.turkiyeklinikleri.com may collect your hardware and software information. The information consists of your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access time, and related websites. www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot sell the provided user information (your name, e-mail address, home and work address, phone number) to the third parties, publish it publicly, or keep it in the website. Gathered information has a directing feature to be a source for the website’s visitor profile, reporting and promotion of the services.

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com uses the taken information:

-To enhance, improve and maintain the quality of the website

-To generate visitor’s profile and statistical data

-To determine the tendency of the visitors on using our website

-To send print publications/correspondences

-To send press releases or notifications through e-mail

-To generate a list for an event or competition

By using www.turkiyeklinikleri.com you are considered to agree that;

-Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. cannot be hold responsible for any user’s illegal and immoral behavior,

-Terms of use may change from time to time,

-It is not responsible for other websites’ contents it cannot control or the harms they may cause although it uses the connection they provided.

Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. may block the website to users in the following events:

-Information with wrong, incomplete, deceiving or immoral expressions is recorded to the website,

-Proclamation, advertisement, announcement, libelous expressions are used against natural person or legal identity,

-During various attacks to the website,

-Disruption of the website because of a virus.

Written, visual and audible materials of the website, including the code and the software are under protection by legal legislation.

Without the written consent of Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. the information on the website cannot be downloaded, changed, reproduced, copied, republished, posted or distributed.

All rights of the software and the design of the website belong to Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc.

Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. will be pleased to hear your comments about our terms of use. Please share the subjects you think may enrich our website or if there is any problem regarding our website.

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