Evaluation of Awareness and Performance of Parents of Children with Cancer Regarding Oral and Dental Health
- سال انتشار: 1402
- محل انتشار: مجله گزارشات و فناوری سلامت، دوره: 9، شماره: 4
- کد COI اختصاصی: JR_IJHLS-9-4_004
- زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
- تعداد مشاهده: 16
نویسندگان
۱Department of Pedodontics, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciennces, Ahvaz, iran
۱Department of Pedodontics, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciennces, Ahvaz, Iran
۲Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran
Thalassemia and Hemoglobinopathy Research Center, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
چکیده
Background: Studies have shown the high prevalence of dental caries among children with cancer. Since parents’ awarenessaffects their children’s oral and dental health, this study was conducted to investigate the awareness and performance of parents ofchildren with cancer regarding oral and dental health.Methods: This descriptive-analytical epidemiological study was conducted on the parents of ۳-۱۳-year-old normal (n = ۱۱۰) andcancer-case (n = ۱۱۰) children in Ahvaz, Iran, during the fall of ۲۰۲۲. In this study, a researcher-made questionnaire was used.Pearson’s correlation coefficient and regression analysis were utilized to investigate the relationship between awareness andperformance. The data were analyzed by SPSS software version ۲۴, and the significance level was P < ۰.۰۵.Results: Parents of normal children were more aware of oral and dental hygiene, but it is not statistically significant (P-value = ۰.۳۱۳< ۰.۰۵). The results related to measuring parental performance showed that parents of normal children have a higher performancelevel than parents of cancer children, which is significant (P-value = ۰.۰۰۰ < ۰.۰۵).Conclusions: The awareness and performance of parents of children with cancer regarding their children’s oral and dental healthwere insufficient. Therefore, parents’ information should be increased in various ways, and children should be referred to a dentistbased on a regular plan for preventive and therapeutic goalsکلیدواژه ها
Dental Care, Children, Neoplasms, Oral Health, Parents, Questionnaires Surveyاطلاعات بیشتر در مورد COI
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