Prevalence of Parenting Style and Child Behavior

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Prevalence of parenting style and assessment of child behavior and caries experience in relation to parenting style during first dental visit.

Detailed Description
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The success of dental visit depends on the child's behavior and cooperation which can be recognized from the child's first visit. Child's behavior can be affected by the parenting style. There are four types of parenting styles: authoritative, authoritarian, permissive and neglecting, each affects the child in different ways. Recently parenting styles became very interesting since parents are the primary caregivers and they have a great impact on the child's psychological and emotional development. However, every parent seeks for a rapid and easy treatment for their children, but if the child is uncooperative that will require multiple dental visits , more expenses or he/she might undergo general anesthesia which is more expensive. Also, the parent-child relationship is very important ,bad relationship can cause insecurities, lack of self confidence and trust, resulting in the future a fearful and irresponsible man / woman.

Official Title
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Prevalence of Parenting Style in Group of Children With Primary Dentition in Their First Dental Visit- A Cross Sectional Study

Conditions
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Child Behavior, Parenting, Parent-Child Relations

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Questionnaire


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: children with Primary teeth Before the eruption of permanent molar First dental visit Both genders Exclusion Criteria: Children with systemic diseases or congenital problems Parents refuse to participate

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 3 Years
Maximum Age: 6 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Intervention/Treatment |
| --- |
|Other: Questionnaire|Data will be obtained through a written questionnaire to determine the type of parenting style of parents or caregivers. The collected data will be saved and tabulated on computer and finally statistically analysed.|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Parenting style | There are four types of parenting styles :authoritative, authoritarian, permissive and neglecting. Each parent or caregiver will be asked to fill a questionnaire which includes multiple behavior and actions exhibited by the parents and they will do rating for each item how often they exhibit this behavior and accordingly will determine which parenting style they belong to. There are five scales or ratings : Never Once in a While About Half the Time Very Often Always | 1 year | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Behavior of children | Behavior of children will be videotaped and monitored according to Frankl scale. Frankl scale is a way to assess the child's behavior during his dental visits.There are four scales either definitely negative, or negative, or positive, or definitely positive. -/- Definitely Negative. Refusal of treatment, forceful crying, fearfulness, or any other evidence of extreme negatism. - Negative. Reluctance to accept treatment, uncooperative, some evidence of negative attitude but not pronounced (sullen, withdrawn). + Positive. Acceptance of treatment; cautious behavior at times; willingness to comply with the dentist, at times with reservation, but patient follows the dentist's directions cooperatively +/+ Definitely positive. Good rapport with the dentist, interest in the dental procedures, laughter and enjoyment. | 1 year | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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parenting style, child behavior, first dental visit, caries experience