Relationship Between Milk Feeding Habits and Nursing Bottle Syndrome Among Selected Preschool Children in Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan
The objectives of the study were: (1) to identify the prevalence of nursing bottle syndrome among preschool children; (2) to investigate the relationship between nursing bottle syndrome and dietary factors such as frequency of milk intake, number of sugar-related food consumed, the duration of b...
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1993
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| Summary: | The objectives of the study were: (1) to identify the prevalence of
nursing bottle syndrome among preschool children; (2) to investigate the
relationship between nursing bottle syndrome and dietary factors such as
frequency of milk intake, number of sugar-related food consumed, the
duration of bottle feeding and the amount of sugar added to bottle
feeding; (3) to determine the relationship between parents' demographic
and socio-economic characteristics such as education, income and
number of children in the family and the prevalence of nursing bottle
syndrome; (4) to determine the relationship between nursing bottle
syndrome and parents' attitudes towards proper feeding and dental
care.
Seven preschools consisted of five kindergartens, one nursery and
one preschool laboratory were purposively selected for the study. Data
were gathered through clinical screening of children and by interviewing the parents using a set of questionnaire. A total of 153 out of 284 children
examined were found to have nursing bottle syndrome.
About 52.0% of the subjects were females and the others were
males. The average age was 5.1 years. About 81.0% of the respondents
were mothers and 19.0% were fathers. The average age of the
respondents was 36.0 years.
The relationship between nursing bottle syndrome and the
independent variables of the study were tested u sing the Pearson
product-moment correlation. Simple multiple regression analysis was
also done to determine the predictor variables of nursing bottle syndrome
and the total contribution of the independent variables to the dependent
variable.
The findings revealed that the prevalence of nursing bottle
syndrome was high (53.8%). The test of relationship indicated that the
prevalence of nursing bottle syndrome was positively related to
duration of bottle feeding (r=0.2263; P=0.00.), household income
(r=0.3163; P=0.00.), number of children in the family (r=0.1287
; P=0.015) and number of sugar-related food consumed (r=0.1280; P =0.016) but was negatively related to frequency of milk intake (r=-0.1415; P=0.008), and parents' attitudes (r=-0.1385; P=0.010).
The results of multiple regression analysis indicated that five
variables namely, level of parents' education, duration of bottle feeding,
household income, parents' attitudes and frequency of taking milk were good predictors of nursing bottle syndrome and explained 23.3% of the
variance in the incidence of nursing bottle syndrome.
To minimise the prevalence of nursing bottle syndrome, it is
recommended that parents should be made aware of the problems of the
disease. They also need to be educated on proper feeding habits and oral
hygiene of their children. One way to achieve this is by conducting
massive campaigns to disseminate child feeding and dental health
information and to educate parents on the preventive methods of
nursing bottle syndrome. The use of films, slides, posters, etc., can be
effective in achieving this objective. |
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