Child Dental Behavior, Food Insecurity, Maternal Psychological Distress
Conditions
Brief summary
identifying children with dental uncooperative behavior among those who suffered from food insecurity will enable to implement preventive strategies and early intervention. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between food insecurity, maternal psychological status and child dental behavior.
Detailed description
A well-trained investigator will collect data on maternal age (in years), the marital status, the educational levels of both parents and their employment status, pregnancy information, as well as family structure (whether children are living with both parents or not), number of siblings (none, one, two, or ≥three). Information on family monthly income and crowding index which is defined as the average number of people per room, excluding both the kitchen and bathrooms will be also obtained. The level of household food insecurity will be determined using the validated Arabic version of the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) which categorizes food insecurity into three levels (food secure, marginally food secure and food insecure) where the final score is given according to the sum of affirmative responses to the tool statements and the higher the score the more the level of food insecurity. The validated Arabic version of the 14-item Perceived Stress Scale will be used to measure the self-reported level of stress among mothers of the enrolled children by assessing their feelings and thoughts during the last month. The level of child's dental behavior will be assessed during the initial oral examination before starting any dental treatment procedures using the six-point Venham behavior rating scale which ranges from total cooperation (0) to no cooperation
Interventions
OTHERRoutine Dental Examination
Routine dental examination for the children Questionnaire for their mothers
Sponsors
dina darwish
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
36 Months to 13 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Healthy children (3-13 years old) having at least one tooth needs dental treatment * Accompanied by their mothers on their first dental visit * whose mothers signed an informed consent children were enrolled only if they had at least one carious tooth with ICDAS for coronal caries ranging from 3 to 5.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A six-point Venham Behavior Rating Scale to evaluate the child behavior during dental examination scale score from(0)the best outcome to (6) worst outcome | 6 months | which ranges from total cooperation (0) to no cooperation(6) |
| questionnaire containing 2 scales Household Food Insecurity Access Scale( score food secure better outcome -severely food insecure the worst outcome) and 14-item Perceived Stress Scale (scores from 0 better outcome to 40 worst outcome) | 6 months | to measure the effect of the predictor variable and the potential mediators which are the household food insecurity and maternal psychological status respectively. |
Countries
Egypt
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORDina D Abd-Elmoneam, masters
Ain Shams University
Outcome results
None listed