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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Pediatricians Regarding Early Childhood Caries and Infant’s Oral Health: A Cross-sectional Study.

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Pediatric & Preventive Dentistry

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to assess the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) of pediatricians regarding Early Childhood Caries (ECC) and Infant' Oral Health (IOH).

Methodology: A total number of 141 pediatricians completed a structured closed-ended questionnaire composed of 30 closed-ended multiple-choice questions and divided into 4 sections as follows: Sociodemographic data, knowledge assessment questions, attitude assessment questions, and practice assessment questions. The questionnaire was presented in two forms: hard copies (printed forms) and online google forms. The collected data were statistically analyzed to assess the KAP of the participants regarding ECC and IOH.

Results: A significantly high percentage of the participants had good knowledge 133(94.3%) (p < 0.001), good attitude 134 (95.0%) (p < 0.001) and good practice level 90 (63.8%) (p=0.001) regarding ECC and IOH. There was no significant relation between the qualification and the level of knowledge (p=0.514), attitude (p=0.739), and practice regarding ECC and IOH (p=0.258). There was no significant relation between the years of experience and the level of knowledge (p=0.881), and practice (p=0.493). While the correlation with the attitude level was significant (p=0.017), with a significantly higher percentage of the respondents with good attitude having less than 5 years of experience 51 (98.1%) or having 5-10 years of experience 66 (97.1% ) (p < 0.001).

Conclusions: Pediatricians have an overall good KAP regarding ECC and IOH. There was a statistically significant correlation between the years of experience of the pediatricians and attitude level regarding ECC and IOH.

DOI

10.21608/edj.2022.117102.2225

Keywords

Oral health, Early childhood caries, pediatricians, knowledge, Attitude and Practice

Authors

First Name

Sara

Last Name

Hegazy

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Affiliation

Master Degree of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University

Email

saradentistry14@gmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0002-4999-4099

First Name

Randa

Last Name

Abd Al Gawad

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Affiliation

Associate Professor of Pediatric Dentistry & Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University.

Email

randa.youssef@gmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0003-0123-8574

First Name

Marwa

Last Name

Elchaghaby

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Lecturer of Pediatric Dentistry & Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University

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marwaaly2003@gmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0003-2414-4052

Volume

68

Article Issue

4

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37143

Issue Date

2022-10-01

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2022-08-23

Publish Date

2022-10-01

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3,085

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3,095

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0070-9484

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2090-2360

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254

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Egyptian Dental Journal

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22 Jan 2023