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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-8-11
pubmed:abstractText
The aim was to analyze the steering effects of 15 social factors on sugary products behavior at 4 years of age in 177 children. The parents had in most cases received information on dental health care at child health centers, with due respect to the level of caries among the children, who were classified as 'healthy' (no caries experience) (n = 83) or 'diseased' (caries experience) (n = 84). The parents filled in a mailed diet history form. Only sugary products unsuitable from a cariologic point of view were considered. The products were given scores reflecting the frequency of intake. The social factors were social background, family, information, and conceptual factors. By means of multiple regression analysis, explanatory values of the social variables for sugary products behavior were estimated. For the total material, 13% of the variance was explained by all variables combined. Among the social background factors, 'parents' age' was statistically significant (p < 0.05). Among family factors, 'day-care mainly at home' and 'oldest child' were the most important. All information factors proved to be nonsignificant. Of the conceptual factors, only 'importance of genetic factors' was statistically significant. For the healthy group 26% of the variance was explained by all variables. 'Mother's age', 'importance of genetic factors', and 'oldest child' were statistically significant. For the diseased group all variables were nonsignificant. Explanatory values were negligible. The important conclusions were that very few traditionally conceived social variables seem to influence 4-year-old children's sugar behavior. Parents of children with caries appear to be a heterogeneous group with an irrational behavior.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0001-6357
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
105-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7610773-Attitude to Health, pubmed-meshheading:7610773-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:7610773-Child Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:7610773-Child Health Services, pubmed-meshheading:7610773-Cognitive Dissonance, pubmed-meshheading:7610773-Dental Care, pubmed-meshheading:7610773-Dental Caries, pubmed-meshheading:7610773-Diet, Cariogenic, pubmed-meshheading:7610773-Educational Status, pubmed-meshheading:7610773-Family Characteristics, pubmed-meshheading:7610773-Feeding Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:7610773-Health Education, Dental, pubmed-meshheading:7610773-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7610773-Maternal Age, pubmed-meshheading:7610773-Parent-Child Relations, pubmed-meshheading:7610773-Paternal Age, pubmed-meshheading:7610773-Regression Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:7610773-Socioeconomic Factors, pubmed-meshheading:7610773-Statistics, Nonparametric, pubmed-meshheading:7610773-Sucrose
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Influence of social factors on sugary products behavior in 4-year-old children with regard to dental caries experience and information at child health centers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pedodontics, Lund University, School of Dentistry, Malmö, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't