Oral Health Knowledge, Attitude And Practices Of Indian Tribal Children

2016-11-03T03-51-08Z
Source: National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine
Rajal S. Pathak*,Sapna Hegde**,Amit Mendiratta***,Dinesh Rao Bolar****,Dhara J Pandya*****.
Background: The present study aimed to assess the oral health knowledge, attitude and practices of tribal schoolchildren of Gujarat, India. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 693 tribal schoolchildren were surveyed using a self-administered, structured questionnaire. Children were grouped by age into 3 groups - 1 (3-5 years), 2 (6-9 years) and 3 (10-13 years). Analysis of Variance, Karl Pearsons coefficient of correlation and linear regression analysis were used to assess the relationship between oral health knowledge-attitude (KA) scores and practice (P). Results: KA and P scores were highest for Group 2, followed by Group 3. The differences between scores of Groups 1 and 2, and Groups 1 and 3 were of statistical significance (P

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