Validation of maternal report of early childhood caries status in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

To determine the validity of maternal reports of the presence of early childhood caries (ECC), and to identify maternal variables that increase the accuracy of the reports. This secondary data analysis included 1155 mother-child dyads, recruited through a multi-stage sampling household approach in I...

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Published in:BMC oral health 2020-11, Vol.20 (1), p.336-336, Article 336
Main Authors: Folayan, Morenike Oluwatoyin, Alimi, Peter, Alade, Micheal O, Tantawi, Maha El, Adeniyi, Abiola A, Finlayson, Tracy L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Agreements
Child
Child, Preschool
Childhood
Children
Children & youth
Clinical decision making
Cross-Sectional Studies
Datasets
Decision making
Demographic aspects
Dental caries
Dental Caries - epidemiology
Dental Caries Susceptibility
Dentistry
Dentists
Diagnosis
Female
Health surveys
Households
Humans
Infant
Local government
Mothers
Nigeria - epidemiology
Oral diseases
Oral hygiene
Population studies
Prevalence
Public health
Questionnaires
Sample size
Teeth
Womens health
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Summary:To determine the validity of maternal reports of the presence of early childhood caries (ECC), and to identify maternal variables that increase the accuracy of the reports. This secondary data analysis included 1155 mother-child dyads, recruited through a multi-stage sampling household approach in Ile-Ife Nigeria. Survey data included maternal characteristics (age, monthly income, decision-making ability) and maternal perception about whether or not her child (age 6 months to 5 years old) had ECC. Presence of ECC was clinically determined using the dmft index. Maternally reported and clinically determined ECC presence were compared using a chi-squared test. McNemar's test was used to assess the similarity of maternal and clinical reports of ECC. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values, absolute bias, relative bias and inflation factor were calculated. Statistical significance was determined at p 
ISSN:1472-6831
1472-6831
DOI:10.1186/s12903-020-01288-z