Assessment of oral hygiene parameters in association to eating behaviors and healthy eating self-efficacy in school-aged children

Eating behavior are a broad category influenced by a various personal, social, cultural, environmental, and economic factors. The objective of this study was to evaluate the oral hygiene status of school-aged children in relation to their eating behavior and healthy eating self-efficacy. The study w...

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Published in:BMC oral health 2024-12, Vol.24 (1), p.1551-8, Article 1551
Main Authors: Gökçek, Seda Ceren, İlisulu, Sabiha Ceren
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Care and treatment
Child
Children
Dental care
Dental caries
Dental hygiene
Dentistry
Diet, Healthy - psychology
DMF Index
Eating behavior
Elementary school students
Emotional behavior
Families & family life
Family income
Feeding Behavior - psychology
Female
Food
Food habits
Gingival index
Health aspects
Healthy eating self-efficacy
Humans
Hygiene
Income distribution
Male
Mouth
Normal distribution
Oral hygiene
Oral Hygiene - psychology
Oral Hygiene Index
Parents & parenting
Pediatrics
Periodontal parameters
Plaque index
Questionnaires
Risk factors
Self Efficacy
Self-efficacy (Psychology)
Social behavior
Socioeconomic factors
Statistical analysis
Statistical models
Structural equation modeling
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teeth
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Summary:Eating behavior are a broad category influenced by a various personal, social, cultural, environmental, and economic factors. The objective of this study was to evaluate the oral hygiene status of school-aged children in relation to their eating behavior and healthy eating self-efficacy. The study was carried out with the participation of 225 children aged 7-9 years. Parents carried out the Children's Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ) to assess eating behaviors and provided sociodemographic information. Oral examinations of the children were provided according to plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI), simplified oral hygiene index (OHI-S), dmft and DMFT and, the Healthy Eating Self-Efficacy Scale (HESES) was administered to the children. For statistical analysis, a consistent partial least squares structural equation model (PLS-SEM) technique was utilized. A statistically significant negative correlation was found between the Healthy Eating Self-Efficacy Scale and the PI, GI, OHI-S, dmfs (p 
ISSN:1472-6831
1472-6831
DOI:10.1186/s12903-024-05296-1