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dc.titleOral Health in Pregnant Chinese Women in Singapore: A Call to Go beyond the Traditional Clinical Care
dc.contributor.authorBalan, Preethi
dc.contributor.authorHe, Hong-Gu
dc.contributor.authorCao, Fengchunzhi
dc.contributor.authorWong, Mun Loke
dc.contributor.authorChong, Yap-Seng
dc.contributor.authorLopez, Violeta
dc.contributor.authorSoh, Shu-E
dc.contributor.authorSeneviratne, Chaminda Jayampath
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-23T08:41:16Z
dc.date.available2022-03-23T08:41:16Z
dc.date.issued2018-09-01
dc.identifier.citationBalan, Preethi, He, Hong-Gu, Cao, Fengchunzhi, Wong, Mun Loke, Chong, Yap-Seng, Lopez, Violeta, Soh, Shu-E, Seneviratne, Chaminda Jayampath (2018-09-01). Oral Health in Pregnant Chinese Women in Singapore: A Call to Go beyond the Traditional Clinical Care. HEALTHCARE 6 (3). ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare6030077
dc.identifier.issn2227-9032
dc.identifier.urihttps://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/217540
dc.description.abstractObjective: To examine the correlations among oral health knowledge, attitude, practices and oral disease among pregnant Chinese women in Singapore. Methods: A descriptive correlational study was conducted in pregnant Chinese women in Singapore. A questionnaire was used to collect data of oral health knowledge, attitude and practices. Plaque index scores were used to assess the oral health of subjects. Results: A total of 82 pregnant women participated in the study, out of whom 38% showed adequate oral health knowledge, nearly half of them achieved adequate and oral health attitude and practice scores while 34% had good Plaque index scores. The lower income group had higher experience of self-reported dental problems during pregnancy than those in the higher income group (p = 0.03). There were significant positive correlations between scores of oral health practice, attitude and oral health knowledge levels. The plaque index scores negatively correlated with the oral health practice scores (p = 0.02). Conclusions: Our findings provided evidence that oral health knowledge, attitude and practices among Chinese pregnant women were not optimal which implies the importance of promoting their oral health during pregnancy through the improvement of knowledge and attitudes. This would facilitate formulation and implementation of appropriate oral health promotion policies.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.sourceElements
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subjectHealth Care Sciences & Services
dc.subjectHealth Policy & Services
dc.subjectattitudes
dc.subjectChinese
dc.subjectknowledge
dc.subjectoral health
dc.subjectpractice
dc.subjectpregnant women
dc.subjectDENTAL SERVICES
dc.subjectHYGIENE
dc.subjectKNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectBARRIERS
dc.subjectAGE
dc.typeArticle
dc.date.updated2022-03-23T08:17:57Z
dc.contributor.departmentDEAN'S OFFICE (DENTISTRY)
dc.contributor.departmentDEAN'S OFFICE (MEDICINE)
dc.contributor.departmentDENTISTRY
dc.contributor.departmentALICE LEE CENTRE FOR NURSING STUDIES
dc.contributor.departmentPAEDIATRICS
dc.description.doi10.3390/healthcare6030077
dc.description.sourcetitleHEALTHCARE
dc.description.volume6
dc.description.issue3
dc.published.statePublished
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