Knowledge and practice of rural mothers on oral hygiene for children

Blessy Mohandass, Himani J. Chaudhary, Gurleen Pal, Simrandeep Kaur
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Oral health is a condition in which the mouth and the teeth are healthy and free from any diseases. Improper maintenance of hygiene of the mouth is one of the risk factors for oral diseases. Researches showed that parents are responsible for inculcating good oral hygiene habits in children and mothers are considered to be the most accountable in educating the children about proper oral hygiene. This study was undertaken to explore the knowledge and practice of mothers regarding the importance of oral hygiene for children. A non-experimental descriptive research design was used, and 100 mothers of under-five children were randomly selected from the rural areas of Rajpura in Patiala District, Punjab. A self-structured knowledge questionnaire and practice checklist was used to collect the data. Analysis and interpretation of the data was done according to the objectives of the study using descriptive and inferential statistics. The present study revealed that 58 (58%) respondents had good knowledge and 57 (57%) mothers had average practices regarding the importance of oral hygiene for children. No significant relationship was observed between knowledge and practice scores. There was no significant association between the level of knowledge and the level of practice and socio-demographic variables. The study concluded that there is a lack of knowledge and practice regarding the importance of oral hygiene for children amongst the mothers residing in rural areas.
农村母亲对儿童口腔卫生的知识与实践
口腔健康是指口腔和牙齿健康,没有任何疾病。口腔卫生保养不当是导致口腔疾病的危险因素之一。研究表明,父母有责任向孩子灌输良好的口腔卫生习惯,而母亲在教育孩子正确的口腔卫生方面被认为是最负责任的。本研究旨在探讨母亲对儿童口腔卫生重要性的认识和实践。采用非实验描述性研究设计,从旁遮普省帕蒂亚拉县拉杰普拉的农村地区随机抽取100名5岁以下儿童的母亲。采用自构式知识问卷和实践清单进行数据收集。数据的分析和解释是根据研究的目的,使用描述性和推断性统计。目前的研究显示,58名(58%)受访者对儿童口腔卫生的重要性有良好的认识,57名(57%)母亲对儿童口腔卫生的重要性有一般的认识。知识和实践得分之间没有显著的关系。知识水平与实践水平和社会人口变量之间没有显著的关联。该研究的结论是,居住在农村地区的母亲缺乏关于儿童口腔卫生重要性的知识和实践。
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