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The problem
Intervention: No intervention was tested; this is an observational study examining associations between maternal mental health and children's oral health behaviours
Who it was tested with: 302 immigrant parents of children aged 2-12 years in Edmonton, Canada; mean maternal age 37.7 years, 65% of children born in Canada.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"This cross-sectional study recruited immigrant parents of children aged 2-12 years in Edmonton, Canada. Parents completed a questionnaire assessing demographics, children's OHBs (dental visits, toothbrushing, diet), anxiety and depression (The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, HADS-14; scored 0-21), and social media addiction (Bergen-6; scored 6-30). Logistic regression, mediation, and moderation analyses were performed." The study describes associations rather than testing an intervention to improve outcomes.
Cross-sectional design prevents causal inference. No intervention was tested. The study cannot determine whether maternal mental health causes poor oral health behaviours or whether other unmeasured factors explain both. Social media addiction was not found to mediate or moderate the observed associations.
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