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| Impact of health education on maternal perception and practices about teething at a pediatric outpatient clinic in Lagos state | ||||||
| Oyapero A.1, Oyapero O.2, Iwuala M.O.3, Areago I.A.3 | ||||||
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1Department of Preventive Dentistry, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
2Department of Paediatrics, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos. 3Department of Pediatrics, Alimosho Igando General Hospital, Alimosho, Lagos State, Nigeria. | ||||||
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| Oyapero A, Oyapero O, Iwuala MO, Areago IA. Impact of health education on maternal perception and practices about teething at a pediatric outpatient clinic in Lagos state. Edorium J Health Educ 2016;1:1–10. |
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Abstract
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Aims:
Tooth eruption is the process by which a tooth moves from its position in the alveolar bone through the oral mucosa into its final position in the mouth. Teething has, however, been implicated for a variety of other isolated systemic manifestations in infants. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of health education on maternal perception and practices about teething at the pediatric outpatient clinic of the Alimosho Igando General Hospital in Lagos state.
Methods: An interviewer administered questionnaire was employed before and after an educational intervention to obtain socio-demographic information as well as responses on maternal perception of teething symptoms and possible remedies. Results: The desire to bite (79.8%), gum irritation (91.5%), increased salivation (80.9%) and loss of appetite (80.9%) for solid food were correctly identified by majority of the mothers as being associated with teething. Over 75% of the participants, however, incorrectly attributed fever and diarrhoea to teething while more than 50% believed that teething was related to vomiting, runny nose, respiratory/systemic problems and sleep disturbance/wakefulness. After the educational intervention, the number of subjects with good knowledge scores improved from 4 (4.3%) to 50 (53.2%) while those with good practice scores improved from 16 (17%) to 63 (67%). There was a significant improvement in the percentage of subjects with improved knowledge (p = 0.005) and practice scores (p = 0.018). Conclusion: Parent's awareness on the subject of teething and its management can possibly be increased by health education. There is a clear need to include scientific information on teething in the health educational packages directed at mothers at different levels of healthcare within communities. | |
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Keywords:
Attitude, Health Education, Knowledge, Practice, Teething
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Author Contributions:
Oyapero A. – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Oyapero O. – Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Iwuala M.O. – Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Areago I.A. – Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published |
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Guarantor of submission
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Source of support
None |
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Conflict of interest
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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Copyright
© 2016 Oyapero A. et al. This article is distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original author(s) and original publisher are properly credited. Please see the copyright policy on the journal website for more information. |
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