Caregivers' oral health knowledge, attitude and behavior toward their children with disabilities

This study was undertaken to document the knowledge, attitude and behavior among family caregivers, and to identify the related factors influencing their behavior in promoting their and children's oral health. A cross-sectional study was conducted to collect self-administered questionnaires from 503 family caregivers, who cared for 6–12 year-old children with disabilities in 10 special schools. Multiple regression models were used to analyze the association between caregiver's oral health behaviors and related factors. Most caregivers were female (74.8%). The top three sources of oral health knowledge among caregivers were dentists (66.60%), books (34.59%) and television (31.21%). Comparison of oral health knowledge and attitude scores among different education levels of caregivers yielded statistically significant differences (p