An Effective Psychoeducational Intervention for Early Childhood Caries Prevention: Part I
- Authors
- Weber-Gasparoni, Karin; Reeve, Johnmarshall; Ghosheh, Natalie; Warren, John J.; Drake, David R.; Kramer, Katherine W. O.; Dawson, Deborah V.
- Issue Date
- 5월-2013
- Publisher
- AMER ACAD PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
- Keywords
- DENTAL CARIES; PREVENTION; AUTONOMY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS
- Citation
- PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY, v.35, no.3, pp.241 - 246
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
- Volume
- 35
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 241
- End Page
- 246
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/103448
- ISSN
- 0164-1263
- Abstract
- Purpose: The purpose was to compare whether mothers exposed to an autonomy-supportive psychoeducational videotaped message, informed by the self-determination theory (SDT), demonstrated greater changes in oral health knowledge and behavioral intentions as a preventive means for early childhood caries (ECC) than mothers exposed to a neutral message delivered by brochure. Methods: Data were collected at baseline, one-, and six-month follow-ups from 415 12- to 49-month-old WIC-enrolled children and their mothers: 283 in the video intervention group and 132 in the brochure control group. Mothers completed questionnaires on maternal knowledge and behavioral intentions for oral health care. Chi-square, Wilcoxon rank-sum, and Mann-Whitney tests were used to analyze data (P<.05). Results: Relative to their baseline scores, the intervention group showed a greater increase in knowledge than the control group, both at one-month (P=.002) and six-month follow-ups (P<.001). The video group also demonstrated a greater increase in behavioral intentions than controls, both at one-month (P<.05) and six-month follow-ups (P<.001). Knowledge and behavioral intention levels at six-month follow-up did not differ significantly from those at one-month follow-up, indicating that intervention-based increases in these measures were maintained over time. Conclusions: Data provided evidence of the effectiveness of the autonomy-supportive psychoeducational intervention for ECC prevention relative to a neutral brochure.
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