Oral health literacy and knowledge among patients who are pregnant for the first time
Oral health literacy and knowledge among patients who are pregnant for the first time
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DOI：
10.14219/jada.archive.2012.0322
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发表时间：
2012-09-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Vann, William F., Jr.
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作者：
Hom, Jacqueline M.;Lee, Jessica V.;Vann, William F., Jr.
背景作者进行了一项观察性队列研究，以确定首次怀孕的低收入患者的口腔健康素养（OHL）和口腔健康知识的水平并检查其相关性。119名首次怀孕的低收入患者的分析样本完成了由北卡罗来纳州七个县的两名训练有素的采访者进行的30分钟的结构化面对面采访。作者通过牙科单词识别测试测量OHL，并通过六项知识调查评估口腔健康知识。作者发现OHL评分呈正态分布（平均值[标准差]，16.4 [5.0]）。每个口腔健康知识项目的正确回答率为45%至98%。双因素分析结果显示，口腔卫生知识与口腔健康水平呈正相关（P <0.01）。高OHL水平与对两个知识项目的正确回答相关（P <0.01）。研究样本中OHL较低。OHL与口腔健康知识有显著相关性。低OHL水平，因此，低水平的口腔健康知识，可能会影响母亲和孩子的健康结果。根据适当的OHL级别定制消息可能会提高知识。
Background. The authors conducted an observational cohort study to determine the levels of and examine the associations of oral health literacy (OHL) and oral health knowledge in low-income patients who were pregnant for the first time.Methods. An analytic sample of 119 low-income patients who were pregnant for the first time completed a structured 30-minute, in-person interview conducted by two trained interviewers in seven counties in North Carolina. The authors measured OHL by means of a dental word recognition test and assessed oral health knowledge by administering a six-item knowledge survey.Results. The authors found that OHL scores were distributed normally (mean [standard deviation], 16.4 [5.0]). The percentage of correct responses for each oral health knowledge item ranged from 45 to 98 percent. The results of bivariate analyses showed that there was a positive correlation between OHL and oral health knowledge (P < .01). Higher OHL levels were associated with correct responses to two of the knowledge items (P < .01).Conclusions. OHL was low in the study sample. There was a significant association between OHL and oral health knowledge.Clinical Implications. Low OHL levels and, thereby, low levels of oral health knowledge, might affect health outcomes for both the mother and child. Tailoring messages to appropriate OHL levels might improve knowledge.