Abstract
Background: The parent's ability to obtain, process, and understand important oral health information (i.e., their oral health literacy) is directly related to their child's oral health status. Aim: To assess the relationship between oral literacy demands placed on parents by dentists and parents' understanding of dental information given to them. Design: Thirty-one consenting primary caregivers of children attending their first dental visit completed a demographic survey, a REALD-30 test, and a survey to test understanding of dental information. Dental appointments, performed by eight pediatric dental residents, were audio-recorded and transcribed for qualitative analysis and descriptive statistics. Results: Factors associated with language complexity were significantly higher in dental residents (R) than participants (P), that is, total number of words spoken (R: 1615.09 + 859.91 vs P: 480.68 + 232.034) and words per sentence (R: 8.82 + 1.74 vs P: 4.91 + 1.71). Speaking turns did not differ between resident and parent (R: 94.64 vs P: 83.27). Conclusions: Although the dialogue between the participating dentists and parents was highly unequal, parents understood about 86% of the information provided by the resident. Future studies are needed to identify factors associated with gaps in the educational process of parents in the dental setting.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry |
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| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 2016 |
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Oral literacy demand in the pediatric dental clinic : A pilot study. / Benadof, Dafna; Hajishengallis, Evlambia; Cole, Amanda; Vidal, Carolina.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Oral literacy demand in the pediatric dental clinic
T2 - A pilot study
AU - Benadof, Dafna
AU - Hajishengallis, Evlambia
AU - Cole, Amanda
AU - Vidal, Carolina
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Background: The parent's ability to obtain, process, and understand important oral health information (i.e., their oral health literacy) is directly related to their child's oral health status. Aim: To assess the relationship between oral literacy demands placed on parents by dentists and parents' understanding of dental information given to them. Design: Thirty-one consenting primary caregivers of children attending their first dental visit completed a demographic survey, a REALD-30 test, and a survey to test understanding of dental information. Dental appointments, performed by eight pediatric dental residents, were audio-recorded and transcribed for qualitative analysis and descriptive statistics. Results: Factors associated with language complexity were significantly higher in dental residents (R) than participants (P), that is, total number of words spoken (R: 1615.09 + 859.91 vs P: 480.68 + 232.034) and words per sentence (R: 8.82 + 1.74 vs P: 4.91 + 1.71). Speaking turns did not differ between resident and parent (R: 94.64 vs P: 83.27). Conclusions: Although the dialogue between the participating dentists and parents was highly unequal, parents understood about 86% of the information provided by the resident. Future studies are needed to identify factors associated with gaps in the educational process of parents in the dental setting.
AB - Background: The parent's ability to obtain, process, and understand important oral health information (i.e., their oral health literacy) is directly related to their child's oral health status. Aim: To assess the relationship between oral literacy demands placed on parents by dentists and parents' understanding of dental information given to them. Design: Thirty-one consenting primary caregivers of children attending their first dental visit completed a demographic survey, a REALD-30 test, and a survey to test understanding of dental information. Dental appointments, performed by eight pediatric dental residents, were audio-recorded and transcribed for qualitative analysis and descriptive statistics. Results: Factors associated with language complexity were significantly higher in dental residents (R) than participants (P), that is, total number of words spoken (R: 1615.09 + 859.91 vs P: 480.68 + 232.034) and words per sentence (R: 8.82 + 1.74 vs P: 4.91 + 1.71). Speaking turns did not differ between resident and parent (R: 94.64 vs P: 83.27). Conclusions: Although the dialogue between the participating dentists and parents was highly unequal, parents understood about 86% of the information provided by the resident. Future studies are needed to identify factors associated with gaps in the educational process of parents in the dental setting.
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U2 - 10.1111/ipd.12265
DO - 10.1111/ipd.12265
M3 - Article
JO - International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry
JF - International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry
SN - 0960-7439
ER -