Risk Factors Associated with Children’s Behavior in Dental Clinics: A Cross-Sectional Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
- General information, including sociodemographic details such as the child’s age, parental education, and parental status, and family income was categorized as low (less than 7000 SAR), moderate (7000–12,000 SAR), or high (more than 12,000 SAR).
- Dental visit characteristics, comprising information on dental visit characteristics, were enquired upon, including the type of pediatric dental clinic (emergency vs. regular pediatric dental clinic), whether this had been the first dental visit (yes/no), and whether the child had been treated in a regular or emergency pediatric dental clinic in the previous two years (yes/no).
- The WHO dental caries status (DMFT/dmft) was calculated by summing the scores for decayed (D), missing (M) teeth due to caries, and filled (F) teeth for each participant’s primary and permanent teeth [16].
- Frankl’s behavior-rating scale categorizes children into four groups based on their attitudes toward dental treatment: Rating 1 (definitely negative), Rating 2 (negative), Rating 3 (positive), and Rating 4 (definitely positive). For this analysis, the participants’ behaviors were dichotomized as uncooperative (ratings 1 and 2) or cooperative (ratings 3 and 4) [4].
Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Child Behavior | Total | p Value | ||
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Uncooperative (%) | Cooperative (%) | ||||
Sociodemographic variables | |||||
Child age | Mean ± SD | 6.01 ± 2.410 | 8.66 ± 2.410 | 7.82 ± 2.081 | <0.001 *t |
Child gender | Male | 52 (43.3) | 149 (46.7) | 201 (45.8) | 0.527 c |
Female | 68 (56.7) | 170 (53.3) | 238 (54.2) | ||
The child lives with… | Single parents | 15 (12.5) | 33 (10.3) | 48 (10.9) | 0.519 c |
Both parents | 105 (87.5) | 286 (89.7) | 391 (89.1) | ||
Family income | Less than 7000 SAR | 42 (35.0) | 68 (21.3) | 110 (25.1) | 0.012 *c |
SAR 7000–12,000 | 53 (44.2) | 166 (52.0) | 219 (49.9) | ||
More than 12,000 | 25 (20.8) | 85 (26.6) | 110 (25.1) | ||
Father education | High school or less | 40 (33.3) | 60 (18.8) | 100 (22.8) | 0.001 *c |
More than high school | 80 (66.7) | 259 (81.2) | 339 (77.2) | ||
Mother education | High school or less | 79 (65.8) | 169 (53.0) | 248 (56.5) | 0.015 *c |
More than high school | 41 (34.2) | 150 (47.0) | 191 (43.5) | ||
Dental visit characteristics | |||||
Is this your child’s first visit? | Yes | 56 (46.7) | 34 (10.7) | 90 (20.5) | <0.001 *c |
No | 64 (53.3) | 285 (89.3) | 349 (79.5) | ||
Type of dental clinic | Emergency | 73 (60.8) | 134 (42.0) | 207 (47.2) | <0.001 *c |
Regular | 47 (39.2) | 185 (58.0) | 232 (52.8) | ||
Child visited dental emergency clinic in the last 2 years | Yes | 43 (35.8) | 133 (41.7) | 176 (40.1) | 0.264 c |
No | 77 (64.2) | 186 (58.3) | 263 (59.9) | ||
Child visited regular dental clinic in the last 2 years | Yes | 49 (40.8) | 236 (74.0) | 285 (64.9) | <0.001 * |
No | 71 (59.2) | 83 (26.0) | 154 (35.1) | ||
Clinical examination | |||||
DMFT + dmft | Mean ± SD | 9.43 ± 3.483 | 8.09 ± 3.483 | 8.46 ± 3.530 | <0.001 *m |
Variable | AOR (95% CI) p Value | |
---|---|---|
Child gender | Male | 0.589 (0.337–1.029) 0.063 |
Female | 1.000 | |
Father education | High school or less | 1.423 (0.678–2.987) 0.351 |
More than high school | 1.000 | |
Family income | Less than 7000 SAR | 1.132 (0.468–2.740) 0.784 |
SAR 7000–12,000 | 0.823 (0.414–1.638) 0.580 | |
More than 12,000 SAR | 1.000 | |
Emergency | Yes | 1.530 (0.878–2.669) 0.134 |
No | 1.000 | |
Is this your child’s first visit? | Yes | 2.852 (1.400–5.810) 0.004 |
No | 1.000 | |
The child lives with… | Single parents | 0.624 (0.264–1.478) 0.284 |
Both parents | 1.000 | |
Child age | 1.308 (1.190–1.439) <0.001 | |
DMFT + dmft | 1.308 (1.190–1.439) <0.001 |
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Alamoudi, R.A.; Bamashmous, N.; Albeladi, N.H.; Sabbagh, H.J. Risk Factors Associated with Children’s Behavior in Dental Clinics: A Cross-Sectional Study. Children 2024, 11, 677. https://doi.org/10.3390/children11060677
Alamoudi RA, Bamashmous N, Albeladi NH, Sabbagh HJ. Risk Factors Associated with Children’s Behavior in Dental Clinics: A Cross-Sectional Study. Children. 2024; 11(6):677. https://doi.org/10.3390/children11060677
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlamoudi, Rana Abdullah, Nada Bamashmous, Nuha Hamdi Albeladi, and Heba Jafar Sabbagh. 2024. "Risk Factors Associated with Children’s Behavior in Dental Clinics: A Cross-Sectional Study" Children 11, no. 6: 677. https://doi.org/10.3390/children11060677