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NCT Number: NCT05753423

Impact of Maternal Mental Health on the Oral Health Status and Oral Health-related Quality of Life of Their Children

Dental caries is a complex multifactorial disease that is strongly related to and influenced by the children's dietary habits, sugar intake, salivary flow, salivary fluoride level, and preventive behaviors. Based on the literature, other factors can affect child dental caries including the influence of social factors, such as the family environment. To avoid suffering from dental caries, preventive oral hygiene practices beginning in childhood are crucial. However, parents are the primary providers of oral health care for their children and they generally play a pivotal role in the overall health and oral health of both children and adolescents. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the impact of maternal mental health in the form of depression, anxiety, or stress and their perceived social support on the oral health status and OHRQoL of their children.

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Key information

Conditions

Mental Health Disorder Behavior Mental Disorders Oral Health-related Quality of Life Personal Satisfaction Psychological Well-Being

Age range

3 year–5 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University

Cairo, 11566, Egypt

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Egyptian mothers.
  • Preschool children of both sexes aged (3-5 years who have a full set of primary dentition).
  • Healthy children with no long-term medications, and with no physical, learning, or mental disabilities.

Exclusion criteria

  • Mothers who do not consent to participate in the study (either for themselves or for their children)
  • Mothers with any diagnosed mental disorders.
  • Pregnant mothers or mothers who delivered within the last year.
  • Mothers with any diagnosed physical disabilities.

Treatment and study plan

Interview-based questionnaires & Clinical examination

Diagnostic Test

Interview-based questionnaires will be conducted among Egyptian mothers attending Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health outpatient clinic at Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University by the principal investigator. Clinical examination of the oral health status of their preschool children aged 3-5 years will be conducted by the principal investigator.

Primary outcomes

  1. The presence of maternal mental issue in the form of depression, anxiety, or stress

    Time frame: 1 year

    The mental health of Egyptian mothers is assessed through the validated Arabic form of the depression anxiety stress scale-21 (DASS-21).

  2. The caries experience of their children (aged 3-5 years)

    Time frame: 1 year

    Dental caries experience is estimated by calculating the three components (decayed, missed, and filled) of the dmft index for primary teeth according to World Health Organization (WHO).

  3. The oral hygiene status of their children (aged 3-5 years)

    Time frame: 1 year

    Oral hygiene is assessed by the debris component of the modified form of Oral Hygiene Index-Simplified (OHI-S) that can be used for deciduous teeth.

  4. Oral health-related quality of life of their children

    Time frame: 1 year

    A validated Arabic version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS) is used to examine mothers' perceptions of their preschool children's oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL).

Secondary outcomes

  1. The perceived social support of Egyptian mothers

    Time frame: 1 year

    The perceived social support of Egyptian mothers is assessed by the multidimensional scale of perceived social support (Arabic- MSPSS).

  2. The oral health-related behaviors of their children

    Time frame: 1 year

    Egyptian mothers are asked five questions about their children's snacking habit, frequency of tooth brushing, brushing with or without adult assistance, and dental visit utilization and pattern. These questions were adopted from previous similar studies in English and then were translated into Arabic.

  3. The perception of Egyptian mothers about the dental health status of their children

    Time frame: 1 year

    Participants are asked to rate the dental health status of their children on a 5-point scale from 'very good' to 'very poor'.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ain Shams University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Impact of Maternal Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Perceived Social Support on the Oral Health Status and Oral Health-related Quality of Life of Their Children

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Mar 3, 2023
Registry last updated
Mar 28, 2025

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