Prevention of Oral Health Disease : Knowledge and Practices among Pregnant Women in Kuantan, Pahang

Background: Oral disease in association of pregnancy outcome has been long researched. Most pregnant women perceived that oral disease in pregnancy are expected and considered to be normal. Objective: This study aims to evaluate the knowledge of pregnant women and their practices towards oral dise...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida, Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim, Abllah, Zurainie
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	2019
Subjects:	R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine RG Gynecology and obstetrics RK Dentistry
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/77795/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/77795/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/77795/1/264-Article%20Text-1701-1-9-20191231.pdf

id	iium-77795
recordtype	eprints
spelling	iium-777952020-01-21T02:15:10Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/77795/ Prevention of Oral Health Disease : Knowledge and Practices among Pregnant Women in Kuantan, Pahang Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim Abllah, Zurainie R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine RG Gynecology and obstetrics RK Dentistry Background: Oral disease in association of pregnancy outcome has been long researched. Most pregnant women perceived that oral disease in pregnancy are expected and considered to be normal. Objective: This study aims to evaluate the knowledge of pregnant women and their practices towards oral disease. Methods: 296 pregnant mothers were recruited from government clinics in Kuantan, Malaysia. A validated and self -administered questionnaire assessing knowledge, attitudes and practices towards oral health was used. Results were analysed by descriptive analysis, chi square test and multiple logistic regression. Results: Most respondents showed poor knowledge on oral health problem with its pregnancy outcome (66.6%) and poor attitude about dental health during pregnancy (53.4%). Half of them had good practice on oral health. Tooth cavity (46.3%) and gum bleeding (29.4%) were the commonest problem reported by them. Only one third of the mothers utilize dental service. Higher level of education was associated with better oral health practice [OR:0.02 CI (1.12,3.92)] Conclusions: Knowledge on the relationship between oral health and pregnancy outcome is still low among pregnant mothers. Utilization of dental service was also low. High level of education is proven to give better oral health care. 2019-12-31 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77795/1/264-Article%20Text-1701-1-9-20191231.pdf Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida and Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim and Abllah, Zurainie (2019) Prevention of Oral Health Disease : Knowledge and Practices among Pregnant Women in Kuantan, Pahang. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES, 3 (2). pp. 923-932. ISSN 2278-4292 E-ISSN 2278-344X http://www.ijhas.in/
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	International Islamic University Malaysia
building	IIUM Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English
topic	R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine RG Gynecology and obstetrics RK Dentistry
spellingShingle	R Medicine (General) RA Public aspects of medicine RG Gynecology and obstetrics RK Dentistry Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim Abllah, Zurainie Prevention of Oral Health Disease : Knowledge and Practices among Pregnant Women in Kuantan, Pahang
description	Background: Oral disease in association of pregnancy outcome has been long researched. Most pregnant women perceived that oral disease in pregnancy are expected and considered to be normal. Objective: This study aims to evaluate the knowledge of pregnant women and their practices towards oral disease. Methods: 296 pregnant mothers were recruited from government clinics in Kuantan, Malaysia. A validated and self -administered questionnaire assessing knowledge, attitudes and practices towards oral health was used. Results were analysed by descriptive analysis, chi square test and multiple logistic regression. Results: Most respondents showed poor knowledge on oral health problem with its pregnancy outcome (66.6%) and poor attitude about dental health during pregnancy (53.4%). Half of them had good practice on oral health. Tooth cavity (46.3%) and gum bleeding (29.4%) were the commonest problem reported by them. Only one third of the mothers utilize dental service. Higher level of education was associated with better oral health practice [OR:0.02 CI (1.12,3.92)] Conclusions: Knowledge on the relationship between oral health and pregnancy outcome is still low among pregnant mothers. Utilization of dental service was also low. High level of education is proven to give better oral health care.
format	Article
author	Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim Abllah, Zurainie
author_facet	Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim Abllah, Zurainie
author_sort	Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida
title	Prevention of Oral Health Disease : Knowledge and Practices among Pregnant Women in Kuantan, Pahang
title_short	Prevention of Oral Health Disease : Knowledge and Practices among Pregnant Women in Kuantan, Pahang
title_full	Prevention of Oral Health Disease : Knowledge and Practices among Pregnant Women in Kuantan, Pahang
title_fullStr	Prevention of Oral Health Disease : Knowledge and Practices among Pregnant Women in Kuantan, Pahang
title_full_unstemmed	Prevention of Oral Health Disease : Knowledge and Practices among Pregnant Women in Kuantan, Pahang
title_sort	prevention of oral health disease : knowledge and practices among pregnant women in kuantan, pahang
publishDate	2019
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/77795/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/77795/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/77795/1/264-Article%20Text-1701-1-9-20191231.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T21:49:41Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T21:49:41Z
_version_	1777413685832056832

Prevention of Oral Health Disease : Knowledge and Practices among Pregnant Women in Kuantan, Pahang

Similar Items