Table 1.
Sociodemographic, behavioral, oral and mother–child health characteristics of the sample.
| Variables | General (n = 146) |
Intervention (n = 58) |
Control (n = 88) |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Age (mean and standard deviation) | 25.4 (6.7) | 25.1 (6.8) | 25.6 (6.6) |
| Initial oral health risk | |||
| Low risk | 59 (40.4) | 26 (44.8) | 33 (34.5) |
| Intermediate risk | 38 (26) | 15 (25.8) | 23 (26.1) |
| High risk | 49 (33.6) | 17 (29.3) | 32 (36.3) |
| Final oral health risk | |||
| Low risk | 83 (56.8) | 40 (68.9) | 43 (48.8) |
| Intermediate risk | 37 (25.3) | 11 (18.9) | 26 (29.5) |
| High risk | 26 (17.8) | 7 (12) | 19 (21.5) |
| Educational level | |||
| <5 years of study | 1 (0.68) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.1) |
| Incomplete primary education | 51 (34.93) | 21 (36.2) | 30 (34.9) |
| Complete primary education | 27 (18.49) | 8 (13.7) | 19 (21.5) |
| Complete high school | 58 (39.72) | 26 (44.8) | 32 (36.3) |
| Higher education | 9 (6.16) | 3 (5.3) | 6 (6.0) |
| Family income | |||
| ≤1 wage | 87 (60.3) | 32 (55.2) | 55 (62.5) |
| 1–2.9 wages | 49 (36.3) | 20 (34.0) | 29 (33.0) |
| ≥3 wages | 10 (3.4) | 6 (11.2) | 4 (4.5) |
| Home water supply | |||
| Piped water (public service) | 134 (91.8) | 55 (94.8) | 79 (89.7) |
| Piped water, well or spring | 9 (6.2) | 2 (3.4) | 7 (7.9) |
| Water from neighbor | 2 (1.4) | 1 (1.7) | 1 (1.1) |
| Other | 1 (0.7) | 0 | 1 (1.1) |
| Do you brush your teeth? | |||
| Yes, I brush every day | 140 (95.9) | 56 (96.5) | 84 (95.4) |
| Yes, but not every day | 6 (4.1) | 2 (3.4) | 4 (4.5) |
| Smoking | |||
| Yes | 13 (8.9) | 3 (5.1) | 10 (11.3) |
| No | 133 (91.1) | 55 (94.8) | 78 (88.6) |
| Alcohol | |||
| Yes | 15 (10.3) | 5 (93.1) | 10 (11.3) |
| No | 131 (89.7) | 4 (6.8) | 78 (88.6) |
| Maternal complications (in the postpartum pregnancy period) | |||
| No complications | 120 (82.1) | 48 (82.8) | 72 (81.2) |
| With complications | 26 (17.9) | 10 (17.2) | 16 (18.8) |
| Complications of NB * at birth | |||
| No complications | 135 (85.5) | 57 (98.2) | 78 (88.6) |
| With complications | 11 (14.5) | 1 (1.8) | 10 (11.4) |
| Prematurity | |||
| <37 preterm | 20 (13.7) | 4 (6.9) | 16(18.2) |
| >37 term (normal time) | 126 (86.3) | 54 (93.1) | 72(81.8) |
| Birth weight | |||
| Low weight | 14 (9.6) | 2 (3.4) | 12 (13.6) |
| Normal | 132 (90.4) | 56 (96.6) | 76 (86.4) |
* NB—newborn.