Frequency and Factors Associated With Dental Caries In Pregnant Females Visiting Antenatal Clinic of Public Sector Hospital of Karachi, Pakistan

Objective: To assess the frequency and factors associated with dental caries in pregnant women attending antenatal clinic of a public sector hospital of Karachi, Pakistan.  Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the Sindh Institute of Oral Health Sciences, Jinnah Sindh Medic...

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Main Authors: Marium Azfar, Imran Khan, Amir Akbar Sheikh, Arfa Baig, Syed Ali Raza, Muhammad Hanif, Khadijah Abid
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Language:English
Published: Dow University of Health Sciences 2020-04-01
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spelling doaj-b085d104bb19436db56f7ccb6c04a2402020-11-25T03:06:47ZengDow University of Health SciencesJournal of the Dow University of Health Sciences1995-21982410-21802020-04-0114141010.36570/jduhs.2020.1.912912Frequency and Factors Associated With Dental Caries In Pregnant Females Visiting Antenatal Clinic of Public Sector Hospital of Karachi, PakistanMarium Azfar0Imran Khan1Amir Akbar Sheikh2Arfa BaigSyed Ali Raza3Muhammad Hanif4Khadijah Abid5College of physicians and surgeons PakistanCollege of physicians and surgeons PakistanCollege of physicians and surgeons PakistanCollege of physicians and surgeons PakistanCollege of physicians and surgeons PakistanCollege of physicians and surgeons PakistanObjective: To assess the frequency and factors associated with dental caries in pregnant women attending antenatal clinic of a public sector hospital of Karachi, Pakistan.  Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the Sindh Institute of Oral Health Sciences, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi from July 2019-March 2020. Pregnant women of age 18-45 years visiting antenatal clinic were included. The dental examination was carried out to assess the dental caries in accordance with the WHO diagnosis criteria. Frequency of dental caries along with factors like age, socioeconomic status, educational status, occupation, BMI, residence, family structure, gestational hypertension, and gestational diabetes were noted. .  Results: Of 375 pregnant women, mean age was 30.32 ±4.37 years. Most of the women were from low socio-economic class 237 (63.2%), uneducated 231 (61.6%) and belonged from rural areas 196 (52.3%). Frequency of dental caries was found to be 108 (28.8%). In multivariate logistic regression model, uneducated females (aOR=9.53, 95% CI=3.93-23.10), rural area residents (aOR=19.73, 95% CI= 7.50-51.88), presence of gestational diabetes (aOR=8.86, 95% CI=3.78-20.73) and presence of gestational hypertension (aOR=4.33, 95% CI=2.01-8.92) remained statistically significant (p<0.05). Conclusion: A higher frequency of dental caries was observed in pregnant women attending antenatal clinics. The significant factors that remained associated with dental caries in final multivariate model were education, residence, gestational hypertension and gestational diabetes mellitus.http://www.jduhs.com/index.php/jduhs/article/view/912dental cariespregnant womenmedical historysocio-demographic factors
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author Marium Azfar
Imran Khan
Amir Akbar Sheikh
Arfa Baig
Syed Ali Raza
Muhammad Hanif
Khadijah Abid
spellingShingle Marium Azfar
Imran Khan
Amir Akbar Sheikh
Arfa Baig
Syed Ali Raza
Muhammad Hanif
Khadijah Abid
Frequency and Factors Associated With Dental Caries In Pregnant Females Visiting Antenatal Clinic of Public Sector Hospital of Karachi, Pakistan
Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences
dental caries
pregnant women
medical history
socio-demographic factors
author_facet Marium Azfar
Imran Khan
Amir Akbar Sheikh
Arfa Baig
Syed Ali Raza
Muhammad Hanif
Khadijah Abid
author_sort Marium Azfar
title Frequency and Factors Associated With Dental Caries In Pregnant Females Visiting Antenatal Clinic of Public Sector Hospital of Karachi, Pakistan
title_short Frequency and Factors Associated With Dental Caries In Pregnant Females Visiting Antenatal Clinic of Public Sector Hospital of Karachi, Pakistan
title_full Frequency and Factors Associated With Dental Caries In Pregnant Females Visiting Antenatal Clinic of Public Sector Hospital of Karachi, Pakistan
title_fullStr Frequency and Factors Associated With Dental Caries In Pregnant Females Visiting Antenatal Clinic of Public Sector Hospital of Karachi, Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Frequency and Factors Associated With Dental Caries In Pregnant Females Visiting Antenatal Clinic of Public Sector Hospital of Karachi, Pakistan
title_sort frequency and factors associated with dental caries in pregnant females visiting antenatal clinic of public sector hospital of karachi, pakistan
publisher Dow University of Health Sciences
series Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences
issn 1995-2198
2410-2180
publishDate 2020-04-01
description Objective: To assess the frequency and factors associated with dental caries in pregnant women attending antenatal clinic of a public sector hospital of Karachi, Pakistan.  Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the Sindh Institute of Oral Health Sciences, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi from July 2019-March 2020. Pregnant women of age 18-45 years visiting antenatal clinic were included. The dental examination was carried out to assess the dental caries in accordance with the WHO diagnosis criteria. Frequency of dental caries along with factors like age, socioeconomic status, educational status, occupation, BMI, residence, family structure, gestational hypertension, and gestational diabetes were noted. .  Results: Of 375 pregnant women, mean age was 30.32 ±4.37 years. Most of the women were from low socio-economic class 237 (63.2%), uneducated 231 (61.6%) and belonged from rural areas 196 (52.3%). Frequency of dental caries was found to be 108 (28.8%). In multivariate logistic regression model, uneducated females (aOR=9.53, 95% CI=3.93-23.10), rural area residents (aOR=19.73, 95% CI= 7.50-51.88), presence of gestational diabetes (aOR=8.86, 95% CI=3.78-20.73) and presence of gestational hypertension (aOR=4.33, 95% CI=2.01-8.92) remained statistically significant (p<0.05). Conclusion: A higher frequency of dental caries was observed in pregnant women attending antenatal clinics. The significant factors that remained associated with dental caries in final multivariate model were education, residence, gestational hypertension and gestational diabetes mellitus.
topic dental caries
pregnant women
medical history
socio-demographic factors
url http://www.jduhs.com/index.php/jduhs/article/view/912
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