Evaluation of pregnant women's knowledge level and its relationship with some personal and social characteristics about prevention oral and dental hygiene of children in tabriz in 1393

Abstract

Oral health care is an important aspect of public health care, effecting the quality of life and health outcomes of infants and children. In each family, mothers have a great role in family`s general health and are considered a behaviour role model for their children. The present study was done to evaluate the pregnant womenEs knowledge level and its relationship with some personal and social characteristics about preventive oral and dental hygiene of children in Tabriz in 1393. Methods and Materials 250 mothers (125 pregnant women with previous pregnancy history and 125 pregnant women without previous pregnancy history) which were referred to public and private hospitals, were selected from five health care centres. After questionnaire development and its validity and reliability confirmation, questionnaires were filled out by pregnant women. The collected data was analysed with descriptive statistics and SPSS.20 software. Results The average age was 31/87 and 28/08 for mothers with and without history of pregnancy respectively. The mean knowledge level of pregnant women was 8/543/17 which varing from 1 to a maximum of 16.Kruskal Wallis test results revealed a direct relationship between pregnant womenEs knowledge about oral and dental health care of children and motherEs educational level, age and family income. (p<0.05) Conclusion The present study revealed that 52% of pregnant women had low knowledge level, 35/2% had moderate knowledge level and 12/8% had good knowledge level and with an increase in age, education level and socio-economic status, motherEs knowledge increased .Moreover there was no significant difference in knowledge level of women without previous pregnancy and women with previous pregnancy history.