Parental psychosocial factors, unmet dental needs and preventive dental care in children and adolescents with special health care needs: A stress process model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children and adolescents with special health care needs (SHCN) have higher unmet dental needs, but the potential mechanisms by which parental factors can influence dental care use have not been determined. Parenting a child with SHCN can present special demands that affect parents' well-being and, in turn, their caregiving. Hence, the study's overall aim was to apply the stress process model to examine the role of parental psychosocial factors in the association between child SHCN and dental care. Specifically, the study tested hypotheses regarding how (a) children's SHCN status is associated with child dental care (unmet dental needs and lack of preventive dental visits), both directly and indirectly via parental psychosocial factors (parenting stress, instrumental, and

SUBMITTER: Gazzaz AZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9275152 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature