title: [A survey about knowledge, attitude, practice of oral health in pregnant women of one hospital in Shanghai municipality].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the status of oral health knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) and related influencing factors among the pregnant women in a certain hospital in Shanghai municipality.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire survey was conducted among 340 pregnant women in a hospital in Shanghai municipality from January 2009 to June 2010.Data of the survey was analyzed by SPSS 13.0 software package, including frequency description, correlation analysis, multivariate linear regression analysis, F analysis and Student's t test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most pregnant women had a positive attitude towards oral health. However, only 44.62% of the subjects had adequate knowledge on oral health and correct oral health caring behavior. The ratio of the subjects who had oral examination before getting pregnant was 29.85%, while 39.08% of the pregnant women didn't plan to brush teeth or just gargle after parturition. A positive correlation was found among knowledge level, attitude and practice of oral health. The related coefficient between knowledge and attitude, knowledge and practice ,attitude and practice was 0.255, 0.328 and 0.214 (P<0.05), respectively.The KAP level of oral health was mainly affected by the level of education and occupation of the subjects, and occupation of their mates, with partial correlation coefficient of 1.109, 0.975 and 0.453(P<0.05), respectively. The main source of the pregnant women getting oral health knowledge successively was mass media, guidance of medical staff and experience of their relatives and friends.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The pregnant women are deficient in oral health knowledge and have incorrect oral health caring behavior. Guidance on oral health knowledge and oral health caring behavior should be implemented.
authors: Department of General Dentistry, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai,China. toby_t@sina.com
authors: Yu
authors: Y
authors: Tang
authors: Ya-qin
authors: YQ
authors: Zhu
authors: Yi
authors: Y
authors: Wang
authors: Yan
authors: Y
authors: He
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009909:Oral Health; D011247:Pregnancy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires