[The behavior of mothers during dental treatment for their handicapped children. 1. Relationship between mothers' behavior and child patients' factors].
The purpose of this study was to find out factors which determine whether or not mothers of handicapped children chose to be with their children while receiving dental care. The subjects were 46 pairs consisting of a handicapped child and his or her mother who came to the pedodontic clinic of Aichi-Gakuin University Dental School. Such factors of the patients as the various abilities of the patients, their behavior and other items were surveyed with a behavior evaluation. These factors are considered to be related to determining the behavior of the mothers. The results of the survey are summarized as follows: 1. Patients whose mothers chose to be with them tended to be slightly inferior in basic language use and mouth rinsing ability, when compared with patients whose mothers chose to stay in the waiting room. 2. Patients who were autistic more often had mothers who chose to be with them than patients with other disabilities. 3. Patients whose mothers chose to be with them got higher Behavior Evaluation Scores in all dental care situations so that they tended not to adapt to dental care, when compared with patients whose mothers chose to stay in waiting room. 4. From the analyses of Quantification Type II, a height correlation ratio was obtained in the distinction efficiency of the mothers' behavior. Also the behavior of the mothers could be predicted by the factors of the children. 5. There were four factors present in those handicapped children which are considered to have determined their behavior of the mothers: the kind of disability, verbal expression ability, mouth rinsing ability and adaptation to dental care.
Fukuta
O
O
Maruyama
H
H
Suzuki
Y
Y
Yanase
H
H
Atsumi
N
N
Kurosu
K
K
D000328:Adult; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations