Journal article
Bedsharing and Oral Health-related Feeding Behaviors Among Zero- to Three-year-old Children
Pediatric dentistry, Vol.38(7), pp.477-483
11/15/2016
PMID: 28281951
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between bedsharing and oral health-related feeding behaviors among zero- to three-year-old children. Methods: Data were collected from records of children attending the University of Iowa's Infant Oral
Health Program (1998 to 2009), including maternal demographics, children's nighttime dietary practices, bedsharing habits, methods to help children sleep, and clinical evidence of plaque and caries. Statistical analyses utilized bivariate and logistic regression analyses. Results: Mother-child
dyads (n equals 629) who either bedshared every night (n equals 273) or did not bedshare (n equals 356) were included. Of the 629 children (mean±standard deviation [SD] age equals 21.6±12.1 months), 51 percent were male, 50 percent were nonwhite, and 72 percent lived with both
parents. Logistic regression analysis revealed that children who bedshared were more likely to be healthy (OR equals 6.78; P=.008), older (OR equals 1.56; P=.007), nonwhite (OR equals 2.96; P<.001), live with a single mother (OR equals 3.41; P<.001), breastfed throughout the night (OR
equals 4.33; P<.001), and bottle-fed and breastfed to help them sleep (OR equals 2.34; P=.03; OR equals 3.27; P=.03, respectively). Moreover, these children were more likely to be in the high caries-risk category (OR equals 2.19; P=.01). Conclusions: Bedsharing was significantly
associated with the child's health status, age, race, nighttime feeding habits, and high caries-risk and with whom the child lived. Caries preventive measures should be targeted to mother-child dyads who bedshare.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Bedsharing and Oral Health-related Feeding Behaviors Among Zero- to Three-year-old Children
- Creators
- Vanessa AxelsenArwa Owais - University of IowaFang Qian - University of IowaCameron Perigo - United States Air Force AcademyKarin Weber-Gasparoni - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Pediatric dentistry, Vol.38(7), pp.477-483
- PMID
- 28281951
- NLM abbreviation
- Pediatr Dent
- ISSN
- 0164-1263
- eISSN
- 1942-5473
- Publisher
- American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/15/2016
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Pediatric Dentistry; Dental Research
- Record Identifier
- 9984367650202771
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