title: Parental acceptance of pediatric behavior management techniques: a comparative study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate and compare the attitude toward behavior techniques among parents of healthy and special children in Indian subpopulation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Parents of healthy (Group A) and special children (Group B) watched videotape vignette of 10 behavior management techniques (BMTs) in groups and rated them using Visual Analog Scale (VAS). Group B parents were subgrouped as: Group B 1 (34 parents of medically compromised children), Group B 2 (34 parents of physically compromised children), and Group B 3 (34 parents of children with neuropathological disorders).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both Group A and Group B subjects judged all techniques as "acceptable." Group B parents were less accepting to techniques than Group A parents, except live modeling. Contingent escape and live modeling were the first ranked techniques in Group A and Group B parents, respectively. Voice control (VC) and hand-over-mouth exercise (HOM) were the least accepted techniques in both groups. Parents with low income and less education were more receptive to the techniques studied. A total of 25.49% of parents in each group did not consent to the use of HOM.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Factors such as having a disabled child, low income, and less education influenced parental acceptability. HOM should be used with great caution and clinicians should approach the issue of informed consent on an individual basis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, The Oxford Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. indumathi.elango@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Elango
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Baweja
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Shivaprakash
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000766:Anesthesia, Dental / Q000523:psychology; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000523:psychology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D032763:Behavior Control; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000523:psychology; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000523:psychology*; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill / Q000523:psychology; D003730:Dental Care for Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007100:Imitative Behavior; D007182:Income; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D033282:Parental Consent; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012149:Restraint, Physical / Q000523:psychology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D014743:Videotape Recording; D055815:Young Adult