Reasons for low adherence to diet-diaries issued to pediatric dental patients: a collective case study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Dietary habits are an important etiological factor in the development of dental caries. Several tools, such as 24-h dietary recall (retrospective) and diet-diaries (prospective), have been recommended for dietary assessment in dental practice. Diet-diaries are commonly advocated as a tool for oral health education; however, low adherence is found to be a recognized downside of their use in dental settings, as well as nutritional research more widely. However, the reasons for poor adherence to diet-diaries remain unclear. This study aimed to explore the reasons for poor adherence to diet-diaries issued to children in a dental hospital setting.

Methods

A qualitative collective case study design was employed to explore the use of diet-diaries as a health education too

SUBMITTER: Arheiam A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6078093 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature