Romano Endrighi, Michelle Henshaw, William G Adams, Erin Montion, Hannah Park, Belinda Borrelli
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Abstract
Background: Tooth brushing is effective in preventing early childhood caries. However, it is unclear how children's and caregiver's tooth brushing are reciprocally related.
Purpose: The current study investigated whether the longitudinal relationships between children and caregiver tooth brushing are moderated by a caregiver-targeted child oral health intervention and caregiver depression.
Methods: Secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial that tested whether caregiver-targeted oral health text messages (OHT) outperformed child wellness text messages (CWT) on pediatric dental caries and oral health behaviors (n = 754, mean child age = 2.9 years, 56.2% Black, 68.3%
Results: Within-participants analyses revealed that caregiver tooth brushing at Months 4 and 12 positively predicted their child's tooth brushing at Months 12 and 24 for caregivers in the OHT condition with low depressive symptoms (i.e., moderation by depressive symptoms and condition). Similarly, children's tooth brushing at Month 4 positively predicted caregiver tooth brushing at Month 12 for caregivers in the OHT condition with low depressive symptoms. There were no significant associations among participants in the CWT condition, regardless of depressive symptoms.
Conclusions: Child and caregiver tooth brushing have reciprocal influences, but only for those in the OHT condition with low depressive symptoms.
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Annals of Behavioral Medicine aims to foster the exchange of knowledge derived from the disciplines involved in the field of behavioral medicine, and the integration of biological, psychosocial, and behavioral factors and principles as they relate to such areas as health promotion, disease prevention, risk factor modification, disease progression, adjustment and adaptation to physical disorders, and rehabilitation. To achieve these goals, much of the journal is devoted to the publication of original empirical articles including reports of randomized controlled trials, observational studies, or other basic and clinical investigations. Integrative reviews of the evidence for the application of behavioral interventions in health care will also be provided. .