Impact of Maternal Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Perceived Social Support on the Oral Health Status and Oral Health-related Quality of Life of Their Children
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Mental Health Disorder
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
- Enrollment
- 262
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- The caries experience of their children (aged 3-5 years)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
Dental caries is a complex multifactorial disease that is strongly related to and influenced by the children's dietary habits, sugar intake, salivary flow, salivary fluoride level, and preventive behaviors. Based on the literature, other factors can affect child dental caries including the influence of social factors, such as the family environment. To avoid suffering from dental caries, preventive oral hygiene practices beginning in childhood are crucial. However, parents are the primary providers of oral health care for their children and they generally play a pivotal role in the overall health and oral health of both children and adolescents. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the impact of maternal mental health in the form of depression, anxiety, or stress and their perceived social support on the oral health status and OHRQoL of their children.
Investigators
Alaa Mohammed Yehia
Assistant Lecturer at Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health Department, Faculty of Dentistry
Ain Shams University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Egyptian mothers.
- •Preschool children of both sexes aged (3-5 years who have a full set of primary dentition).
- •Healthy children with no long-term medications, and with no physical, learning, or mental disabilities.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Mothers who do not consent to participate in the study (either for themselves or for their children)
- •Mothers with any diagnosed mental disorders.
- •Pregnant mothers or mothers who delivered within the last year.
- •Mothers with any diagnosed physical disabilities.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
The caries experience of their children (aged 3-5 years)
Time Frame: 1 year
Dental caries experience is estimated by calculating the three components (decayed, missed, and filled) of the dmft index for primary teeth according to World Health Organization (WHO).
The oral hygiene status of their children (aged 3-5 years)
Time Frame: 1 year
Oral hygiene is assessed by the debris component of the modified form of Oral Hygiene Index-Simplified (OHI-S) that can be used for deciduous teeth.
Oral health-related quality of life of their children
Time Frame: 1 year
A validated Arabic version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) is used to examine mothers' perceptions of their preschool children's oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL).
The presence of maternal mental issue in the form of depression, anxiety, or stress
Time Frame: 1 year
The mental health of Egyptian mothers is assessed through the validated Arabic form of the depression anxiety stress scale-21 (DASS-21).
Secondary Outcomes
- The perceived social support of Egyptian mothers(1 year)
- The oral health-related behaviors of their children(1 year)
- The perception of Egyptian mothers about the dental health status of their children(1 year)