代际牙科恐惧和焦虑:儿童使用牙科服务的模式
Helena Silveira Schuch1,2, Cinthia Fonseca Araujo3, Giulia Tarquinio Demarco2
1School of Dentistry, Faculty of Health, Medical and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
|February 12, 2026
概括
母亲对牙科的恐惧与儿童对牙科的恐惧增加和避免牙科访问有关. 早期,定期的预防性牙科护理可能有助于减少儿童的这种恐惧.
科学领域:
- 儿科牙科 儿科牙科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 牙科的恐惧和焦虑会对儿童的福祉和健康产生负面影响.
- 母亲因素显著影响儿童的健康状况.
- 了解牙科恐惧的代际传播对于早期干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查母亲对牙的恐惧/焦虑和儿童对牙的恐惧/焦虑之间的联系.
- 检查母亲和儿童对牙科的恐惧与早期儿童使用牙科服务之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 分析了2015年佩洛塔斯出生队列研究 (巴西) 的纵向数据.
- 在4岁时评估了母亲和儿童对牙科的恐惧/焦虑以及牙科服务的使用情况.
- 采用了Poisson和多项逻辑回归模型,对母亲教育和家庭收入等共变量进行了调整.
主要成果:
- 母亲对牙的恐惧/焦虑与儿童牙恐惧/焦虑的患病率高出1.20倍.
- 患有牙科恐惧/焦虑的儿童更有可能因为治疗原因而去看牙医 (PR=1.89),并且从不去看牙医 (PR=2.10).
- 尽管报告的恐惧率很低,但64.0%的儿童从未去过牙医.
结论:
- 母亲和儿童对牙科的恐惧之间存在着重要的代际联系.
- 儿童对牙科的恐惧会影响牙科服务的使用,导致延迟或避免护理.
- 建议促进早期和定期的预防性牙科检查,以减轻牙科的恐惧和改善口腔健康结果.
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