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Feasibility and acceptability of home delivery of water for dental caries control in Latinx children—“Sediento por una Sonrisa,” Thirsty for a Smile: Single-arm feasibility study

BACKGROUND: Outcomes of surgical treatments under general anesthesia for early childhood caries of young children from low-income groups are poor requiring retreatment within 2 years. Dietary sugar is an ideal intervention target given that it is the most prominent risk factor for dental caries and...

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Autores principales: Cunha-Cruz, Joana, Ko, Linda K., Mancl, Lloyd, Rothen, Marilynn L., Harter, Catherine, Hilgert, Juliana B., Koday, Mark K., Davis, Stephen
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9531650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36203695
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.916260
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author Cunha-Cruz, Joana
Ko, Linda K.
Mancl, Lloyd
Rothen, Marilynn L.
Harter, Catherine
Hilgert, Juliana B.
Koday, Mark K.
Davis, Stephen
author_facet Cunha-Cruz, Joana
Ko, Linda K.
Mancl, Lloyd
Rothen, Marilynn L.
Harter, Catherine
Hilgert, Juliana B.
Koday, Mark K.
Davis, Stephen
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description BACKGROUND: Outcomes of surgical treatments under general anesthesia for early childhood caries of young children from low-income groups are poor requiring retreatment within 2 years. Dietary sugar is an ideal intervention target given that it is the most prominent risk factor for dental caries and there is increasing evidence of successful interventions to reduce its intake. Our aim is to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of the Thirsty for a Smile intervention, designed to promote consumption of water in lieu of sugar sweetened beverages, among children who underwent surgery for early childhood caries and their caregivers, mostly from Latino heritage. METHODS: A single-arm feasibility study was conducted in a dental practice from a community health center in eastern Washington State. Bottled water was delivered to the participants' homes and caregivers received patient-centered counseling for setting goals to increase children's water intake and reduce sugar sweetened beverages consumption. We assessed the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention and study procedures through participation rates, interviews and a questionnaire completed by the caregivers. Data was analyzed and themes and descriptive statistics presented. RESULTS: Twenty-two dyads of caregivers and their children between 2 and 9 years old who recently had surgical treatment for early childhood dental caries were enrolled. All study assessments were completed by more than 90% of participants, except for the final 24-h dietary recall (73%). Dietary counseling, both in person and brief telephone calls, was highly acceptable to the caregivers, and they also reported their children enjoyed and used the water bottles. On a scale from 1 to 10, the average rating for the helpfulness of the dietary counseling component for changing child's drinking habits was 9.62 and for the water delivery component, 8.86. CONCLUSIONS: This study tested the feasibility of conducting a trial in a dental practice setting, and the acceptability among caregivers of young children who underwent surgery for early childhood caries. It demonstrated that the Thirsty for a Smile intervention and study processes were feasible and acceptable. The study provides useful information for implementation of a two-arm randomized controlled trial in this setting and may also benefit other researchers attempting to test similar interventions.
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spelling pubmed-95316502022-10-05 Feasibility and acceptability of home delivery of water for dental caries control in Latinx children—“Sediento por una Sonrisa,” Thirsty for a Smile: Single-arm feasibility study Cunha-Cruz, Joana Ko, Linda K. Mancl, Lloyd Rothen, Marilynn L. Harter, Catherine Hilgert, Juliana B. Koday, Mark K. Davis, Stephen Front Public Health Public Health BACKGROUND: Outcomes of surgical treatments under general anesthesia for early childhood caries of young children from low-income groups are poor requiring retreatment within 2 years. Dietary sugar is an ideal intervention target given that it is the most prominent risk factor for dental caries and there is increasing evidence of successful interventions to reduce its intake. Our aim is to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of the Thirsty for a Smile intervention, designed to promote consumption of water in lieu of sugar sweetened beverages, among children who underwent surgery for early childhood caries and their caregivers, mostly from Latino heritage. METHODS: A single-arm feasibility study was conducted in a dental practice from a community health center in eastern Washington State. Bottled water was delivered to the participants' homes and caregivers received patient-centered counseling for setting goals to increase children's water intake and reduce sugar sweetened beverages consumption. We assessed the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention and study procedures through participation rates, interviews and a questionnaire completed by the caregivers. Data was analyzed and themes and descriptive statistics presented. RESULTS: Twenty-two dyads of caregivers and their children between 2 and 9 years old who recently had surgical treatment for early childhood dental caries were enrolled. All study assessments were completed by more than 90% of participants, except for the final 24-h dietary recall (73%). Dietary counseling, both in person and brief telephone calls, was highly acceptable to the caregivers, and they also reported their children enjoyed and used the water bottles. On a scale from 1 to 10, the average rating for the helpfulness of the dietary counseling component for changing child's drinking habits was 9.62 and for the water delivery component, 8.86. CONCLUSIONS: This study tested the feasibility of conducting a trial in a dental practice setting, and the acceptability among caregivers of young children who underwent surgery for early childhood caries. It demonstrated that the Thirsty for a Smile intervention and study processes were feasible and acceptable. The study provides useful information for implementation of a two-arm randomized controlled trial in this setting and may also benefit other researchers attempting to test similar interventions. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9531650/ /pubmed/36203695 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.916260 Text en Copyright © 2022 Cunha-Cruz, Ko, Mancl, Rothen, Harter, Hilgert, Koday and Davis. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Cunha-Cruz, Joana
Ko, Linda K.
Mancl, Lloyd
Rothen, Marilynn L.
Harter, Catherine
Hilgert, Juliana B.
Koday, Mark K.
Davis, Stephen
Feasibility and acceptability of home delivery of water for dental caries control in Latinx children—“Sediento por una Sonrisa,” Thirsty for a Smile: Single-arm feasibility study
title Feasibility and acceptability of home delivery of water for dental caries control in Latinx children—“Sediento por una Sonrisa,” Thirsty for a Smile: Single-arm feasibility study
title_full Feasibility and acceptability of home delivery of water for dental caries control in Latinx children—“Sediento por una Sonrisa,” Thirsty for a Smile: Single-arm feasibility study
title_fullStr Feasibility and acceptability of home delivery of water for dental caries control in Latinx children—“Sediento por una Sonrisa,” Thirsty for a Smile: Single-arm feasibility study
title_full_unstemmed Feasibility and acceptability of home delivery of water for dental caries control in Latinx children—“Sediento por una Sonrisa,” Thirsty for a Smile: Single-arm feasibility study
title_short Feasibility and acceptability of home delivery of water for dental caries control in Latinx children—“Sediento por una Sonrisa,” Thirsty for a Smile: Single-arm feasibility study
title_sort feasibility and acceptability of home delivery of water for dental caries control in latinx children—“sediento por una sonrisa,” thirsty for a smile: single-arm feasibility study
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9531650/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36203695
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.916260
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