Journal article
An effective psychoeducational intervention for early childhood caries prevention: part II
Pediatric dentistry, Vol.35(3), pp.247-251
05/2013
PMCID: PMC4870833
PMID: 23756309
Abstract
The purpose was to compare whether mothers exposed to an autonomy-supportive psychoeducational videotaped message, informed by self-determination theory (SDT), demonstrated greater changes in behavior concerning their children's oral health than mothers exposed to a neutral message delivered by brochure.
Data were collected at baseline, one- and six-month follow-ups from 415 12- to 49-month-old WIC-enrolled children and their mothers: 283 in the video intervention group and 132 in the brochure control group. Mothers completed questionnaires regarding their child's dietary/oral hygiene habits. Chi-square, Wilcoxon Signed Rank, Mann-Whitney, and McNemar tests were used to analyze data (P<0.05).
Significantly more positive changes were observed for dietary/oral hygiene behaviors among the intervention group mothers at one- and six-month follow-ups than for the controls. Significantly fewer mothers in the intervention group shared dining ware with their child at both one- (P=0.0046) and six-month follow-ups (P<0.0001); this practice was decreased only at six-months for the control group mothers (P=0.05). Restricting consideration only to mothers who were not checking for white spot lesions at baseline, a significantly greater proportion of mothers in the intervention group performed this behavior at six-months (P=0.0044).
Data provided evidence of the effectiveness of the SDT videotaped oral health message relative to a neutral brochure.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- An effective psychoeducational intervention for early childhood caries prevention: part II
- Creators
- Karin Weber-Gasparoni - Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. karin-weber@uiowa.eduJohn J WarrenJohnmarshall ReeveDavid R DrakeKatherine W O KramerTeresa A MarshallDeborah V Dawson
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Pediatric dentistry, Vol.35(3), pp.247-251
- PMID
- 23756309
- PMCID
- PMC4870833
- NLM abbreviation
- Pediatr Dent
- ISSN
- 0164-1263
- eISSN
- 1942-5473
- Publisher
- American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry; United States
- Grant note
- 5 R21 DEO16483-02 / PHS HHS R21 DE016483 / NIDCR NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2013
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Endodontics; Biostatistics; Pediatric Dentistry; Dental Research
- Record Identifier
- 9984065980002771
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