Oral and dental health care practices in pregnant women in Australia a postnatal survey 英文参考文献.docVIP

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth BioMedCentral Research article Open Access Oral and dental health care practices in pregnant women in Australia: a postnatal survey Natalie J Thomas*, Philippa F Middleton and Caroline A Crowther Address: Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Adelaide, SA, Australia Email: Natalie J Thomas* - natalie.thomas@.au; Philippa F Middleton - philippa.middleton@.au; Caroline A Crowther - caroline.crowther@.au * Corresponding author Published: 21 April 2008 Received: 19 September 2007 Accepted: 21 April 2008 BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2008, 8:13 doi:10.1186/1471-2393-8-13 This article is available from: /1471-2393/8/13 ? 2008 Thomas et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: The aims of this study were to assess womens knowledge and experiences of dental health in pregnancy and to examine the self-care practices of pregnant women in relation to their oral health. Methods: Women in the postnatal ward at the Womens and Childrens Hospital, Adelaide, completed a questionnaire to assess their knowledge, attitudes and practices to periodontal health. Pregnancy outcomes were collected from their medical records. Results were analysed by chi- square tests, using SAS. Results: Of the 445 women enrolled in the survey, 388 (87 per cent) completed the questionnaire. Most women demonstrated reasonable knowledge about dental health. There was a significant association between dental knowledge and practices with both education and socio-economic status. Women with less education and lower socio-economic status were more likely to be at higher risk of poor periodontal health compared with women with greater levels of education