Sociobehavioural Factors Associated With Child Oral Health During COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to identify the sociobehavioural factors that influenced children's oral health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

The online cross-sectional study was conducted in Al Jouf Province in the northern region of Saudi Arabia. A total of 960 parents of children aged 5 to 14 years were invited by multistage stratified random sampling. Descriptive, multinomial, and multiple logistic regression analyses were performed to estimate odds ratios and determine the relationship between independent and dependent variables. P < .05 was considered statistically significant.

Results

Of the 960 participants, 693 (72.1%) reported that their child had 1 or more untreated dental decay. The children of uneducated parents were 1.6-fold more likely to h

SUBMITTER: Gudipaneni RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9742219 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature