Maternal Common Mental Disorders symptoms influence associated with early childhood dental caries: A cross-sectional study in a southern Brazilian city.

BACKGROUND: Maternal mental problems can interfere with the overall health and care of the child; some oral health studies have been trying to elucidate whether there is a relationship between maternal common mental disorders (CMD) and children's oral health status. AIM: The aim was to investigate the influence of mothers that present CMD symptoms on their child's dental caries status. DESIGN: This cross-sectional study was carried out in Pelotas with 530 mother/child (aged 2-5 years old) dyads recruited from an epidemiological survey in August 2015 during the national vaccination campaign. A questionnaire was used to determine mother's CMD symptoms using the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) and socioeconomic/demographic variables which were used for adjustment. Dental caries examination was performed. The outcome was obtained using the dmfs (decayed, missing, filled surfaces) index, based on OMS guidelines. Poisson regression with robust variance was used to estimate the risk ratio and 95% confidence interval (CI). RESULTS: Maternal CMD was positively associated with dental caries prevalence in children; the adjusted relative risk for every 1 SRQ-20 score increase was 1.06 (95% CI 1.00-1.12). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that maternal mental health can impair children's oral health in relation to dental caries.

Práticas educativas parentais, problemas de comportamento e competência social de crianças em idade pré-escolar / Parental child-rearing practices, behavior problems and pre-school children's social competence

O estudo investigou a relação das práticas educativas parentais, problemas de comportamento e a competência social de crianças pré-escolares. Participaram 48 mães e 33 pais, cujos primogênitos tinham seis anos de idade, que responderam a uma entrevista sobre práticas educativas e ao Sistema de Avaliação das Competências Sociais, o qual também avalia problemas de comportamento. Correlações de Spearman revelaram associações positivas entre práticas coercitivas maternas e problemas de comportamento infantil, especialmente os de externalização. Foram encontradas correlações positivas entre práticas coercitivas paternas e problemas de internalização, bem como entre as práticas indutivas e de não interferência paternas com a cooperação e a assertividade infantil, respectivamente. Mães de meninas referiram mais comportamentos de autocontrole e a competência social do que mães de meninos, enquanto aquelas de NSE baixo relataram mais práticas coercitivas e as de NSE alto, mais as indutivas. Os achados indicaram que as práticas indutivas paternas associaram-se com aspectos da competência social, enquanto as práticas coercitivas maternas e paternas aos problemas de comportamento infantil.(AU)

The study examined associations between parents' childrearing practices, behavior problems and pre-school children's social competence. A total of 48 mothers and 33 fathers, when their firstborn children were aged six, completed an interview about child-rearing practices and the Social Skills Rating System that also assesses behavior problems. Spearman correlations indicated positive associations between maternal coercive practices and children's behavior problems, especially those related to externalizing. Positive correlations were also found between fathers' coercive practices and internalizing problems, as well as among fathers' inductive and non-interference practices with children's cooperation and assertiveness, respectively. Girls' mothers reported higher levels of self-control and social competence than did boys' mothers. Moreover, lower SES mothers referred more coercive practices while higher SES mothers reported more inductive practices. Findings underscore the relationship between fathers' inductive practices and children's social competence. In addition, results suggested associations among both mothers' and fathers' coercive practices and children's behavior problems.(AU)

Práticas educativas parentais, problemas de comportamento e competência social de crianças em idade pré-escolar / Parental child-rearing practices, behavior problems and pre-school children's social competence

O estudo investigou a relação das práticas educativas parentais, problemas de comportamento e a competência social de crianças pré-escolares. Participaram 48 mães e 33 pais, cujos primogênitos tinham seis anos de idade, que responderam a uma entrevista sobre práticas educativas e ao Sistema de Avaliação das Competências Sociais, o qual também avalia problemas de comportamento. Correlações de Spearman revelaram associações positivas entre práticas coercitivas maternas e problemas de comportamento infantil, especialmente os de externalização. Foram encontradas correlações positivas entre práticas coercitivas paternas e problemas de internalização, bem como entre as práticas indutivas e de não interferência paternas com a cooperação e a assertividade infantil, respectivamente. Mães de meninas referiram mais comportamentos de autocontrole e a competência social do que mães de meninos, enquanto aquelas de NSE baixo relataram mais práticas coercitivas e as de NSE alto, mais as indutivas. Os achados indicaram que as práticas indutivas paternas associaram-se com aspectos da competência social, enquanto as práticas coercitivas maternas e paternas aos problemas de comportamento infantil.

The study examined associations between parents' childrearing practices, behavior problems and pre-school children's social competence. A total of 48 mothers and 33 fathers, when their firstborn children were aged six, completed an interview about child-rearing practices and the Social Skills Rating System that also assesses behavior problems. Spearman correlations indicated positive associations between maternal coercive practices and children's behavior problems, especially those related to externalizing. Positive correlations were also found between fathers' coercive practices and internalizing problems, as well as among fathers' inductive and non-interference practices with children's cooperation and assertiveness, respectively. Girls' mothers reported higher levels of self-control and social competence than did boys' mothers. Moreover, lower SES mothers referred more coercive practices while higher SES mothers reported more inductive practices. Findings underscore the relationship between fathers' inductive practices and children's social competence. In addition, results suggested associations among both mothers' and fathers' coercive practices and children's behavior problems.