Knowledge, attitude and practices (on nutrition and oral health) of mothers and nutritional status of children: an association with Early Childhood Caries (ECC) of children attending private Taska in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
The objective of the study is to investigate the association between knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) on nutrition, KAP on oral health of mothers and nutritional status (weight-for-age (WAZ), height-for-age (HAZ), BMI-for-age) of children with caries status (dmft) of their children aged 2-5...
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| description | The objective of the study is to investigate the association between knowledge, attitude
and practices (KAP) on nutrition, KAP on oral health of mothers and nutritional status
(weight-for-age (WAZ), height-for-age (HAZ), BMI-for-age) of children with caries status (dmft) of their children aged 2-5 years old. This was a cross sectional study of 126 subjects from 8 private TASKA in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Tools using for this study were questionnaires of KAP on
measurements and oral health measurement. Majority of the parents were from high
socioeconomic status with the median monthly household income of RM4000.00. The
results indicated that 1.6% of preschool children were severely underweight and 13.5 %
respectively. The nutritional status of BMI-for-age indicated that 1.6% of them were
overweight and obese respectively. Furthermore, the results also indicated that the
preschool children who have no or low caries (dmft≤3) were 31.0%. For the assessment
of KAP on oral health, most of the mothers have moderate knowledge (61.1%) and
attitude (66.7%) while most of them have high practices (64.3%). For the assessment of
KAP on nutrition, most of the mothers have high knowledge (75.4%) and attitude (84.1%)
while most of them have moderate practices (56.3%). Maternal attitude on oral health was
associated with caries status (r=-0.183, p<0.05). For nutritional status, indicator of HAZ
was significantly correlated with caries status (1-0.185, p<0.05). As conclusion, both
maternal attitude on oral health and indicator of HAZ were associated with early
childhood caries. |
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| spelling | usm-583132023-05-14T08:47:00Z http://eprints.usm.my/58313/ Knowledge, attitude and practices (on nutrition and oral health) of mothers and nutritional status of children: an association with Early Childhood Caries (ECC) of children attending private Taska in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Yin, Wong Chen RK Dentistry The objective of the study is to investigate the association between knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) on nutrition, KAP on oral health of mothers and nutritional status (weight-for-age (WAZ), height-for-age (HAZ), BMI-for-age) of children with caries status (dmft) of their children aged 2-5 years old. This was a cross sectional study of 126 subjects from 8 private TASKA in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Tools using for this study were questionnaires of KAP on measurements and oral health measurement. Majority of the parents were from high socioeconomic status with the median monthly household income of RM4000.00. The results indicated that 1.6% of preschool children were severely underweight and 13.5 % respectively. The nutritional status of BMI-for-age indicated that 1.6% of them were overweight and obese respectively. Furthermore, the results also indicated that the preschool children who have no or low caries (dmft≤3) were 31.0%. For the assessment of KAP on oral health, most of the mothers have moderate knowledge (61.1%) and attitude (66.7%) while most of them have high practices (64.3%). For the assessment of KAP on nutrition, most of the mothers have high knowledge (75.4%) and attitude (84.1%) while most of them have moderate practices (56.3%). Maternal attitude on oral health was associated with caries status (r=-0.183, p<0.05). For nutritional status, indicator of HAZ was significantly correlated with caries status (1-0.185, p<0.05). As conclusion, both maternal attitude on oral health and indicator of HAZ were associated with early childhood caries. Universiti Sains Malaysia 2015 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/58313/1/WONG%20CHEN%20YIN%20-%20e.pdf Yin, Wong Chen (2015) Knowledge, attitude and practices (on nutrition and oral health) of mothers and nutritional status of children: an association with Early Childhood Caries (ECC) of children attending private Taska in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Project Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Submitted) |
| spellingShingle | RK Dentistry Yin, Wong Chen Knowledge, attitude and practices (on nutrition and oral health) of mothers and nutritional status of children: an association with Early Childhood Caries (ECC) of children attending private Taska in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. |
| title | Knowledge, attitude and practices
(on nutrition and oral health) of
mothers and nutritional status of
children: an association with Early
Childhood Caries (ECC) of children
attending private Taska in Kota
Bharu, Kelantan. |
| title_full | Knowledge, attitude and practices
(on nutrition and oral health) of
mothers and nutritional status of
children: an association with Early
Childhood Caries (ECC) of children
attending private Taska in Kota
Bharu, Kelantan. |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, attitude and practices
(on nutrition and oral health) of
mothers and nutritional status of
children: an association with Early
Childhood Caries (ECC) of children
attending private Taska in Kota
Bharu, Kelantan. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, attitude and practices
(on nutrition and oral health) of
mothers and nutritional status of
children: an association with Early
Childhood Caries (ECC) of children
attending private Taska in Kota
Bharu, Kelantan. |
| title_short | Knowledge, attitude and practices
(on nutrition and oral health) of
mothers and nutritional status of
children: an association with Early
Childhood Caries (ECC) of children
attending private Taska in Kota
Bharu, Kelantan. |
| title_sort | knowledge, attitude and practices
(on nutrition and oral health) of
mothers and nutritional status of
children: an association with early
childhood caries (ecc) of children
attending private taska in kota
bharu, kelantan. |
| topic | RK Dentistry |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/58313/ http://eprints.usm.my/58313/1/WONG%20CHEN%20YIN%20-%20e.pdf |