Informisanost roditelja o značaju oralnog zdravlja dece predškolskog uzrasta - stavovi roditelja i socio-ekonomski status

Abstract

Introduction: Oral health is closely related in several ways to the general health of each person. Certain habits, attitudes and behaviors related to oral health begin to form very early in the process of primary socialization, so that the family largely participates in their formation. The aim of this paper is to determine the correlation between parents' attitudes to the difficulties in the care of the teeth and the knowledge of the parents of preschool children about the importance of oral health and their socioeconomic status in Jagodina and Pirot. Methods: The research was designed as a cross-sectional study using the method of interviews with parents adapted for epidemiological research on the ground. The technique of surveying and scaling was used. The questionnaire was used as a research instrument, while the data on the oral health of the examined children were obtained by the usual dental examinations, according to the methodology of the World Health Organisation for pre-school children. Results: The highest coefficient b is 0.429, which is the value for the environmental variable. This single variable contributes most to explaining the dependent variable. A smaller b coefficient for the sex of the child (b=0.286) indicates a smaller contribution. The smallest contribution is made by the variables monthly income and family type. Statistically significant indicators of the correlation of parents' attitudes with educational and economic status of the parents (maternal education status and total monthly income) were obtained. Conclusion: Attitudes on the health of the mouth and teeth of the interviewed parents and their children are directly related to their health habits, attitudes and behavior: the presence of the risk of occurrence of oral diseases in children shows a high percentage expected in view of the health habits, attitudes and behavior of the parents, as well as their socio-economic status.