Table 1 Participants’ distribution according to demographic, socioeconomic, dental care behaviors, and mothers’ dental caries variables in intervention and control groups (n = 436)
Characteristics | Comprehensive (n = 74) | Group discussion (n = 58) | Face to face by PHCPs (n = 52) | Social network (n = 52) | Control (n = 200) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
Demographic variables | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Child gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Male | 35 (47.30) | 27 (46.60) | 26 (50.00) | 24 (46.20) | 98 (49.00) |
 Female | 39 (52.70) | 31 (53.40) | 26 (50.00) | 28 (53.80) | 102 (51.00) |
Maternal age group | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 15–25 | 22 (29.70) | 21 (36.20) | 16 (30.80) | 19 (36.50) | 58 (29.00) |
 25–35 | 45 (60.80) | 29 (50.00) | 31 (59.60) | 27 (51.90) | 112 (56.00) |
 35–44 | 7 (9.50) | 8 (13.80) | 5 (9.60) | 6 (11.50) | 30 (15.00) |
Socioeconomic variables | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Maternal level of education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Less than 12 years | 42 (56.80) | 28 (48.30) | 31 (59.60) | 28 (53.80) | 116 (58.00) |
 12 years | 27 (36.50) | 28 (48.30) | 18 (34.60) | 18 (34.60) | 71 (35.50) |
 More than 12 years | 5 (6.80) | 2 (3.40) | 3 (5.80) | 6 (11.50) | 13 (6.50) |
Family income | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Low | 33 (44.60) | 15 (25.90) | 20 (38.50) | 15 (28.80) | 70 (35.00) |
 Middle | 26 (35.10) | 27 (46.60) | 22 (42.30) | 19 (36.50) | 95 (47.50) |
 High | 15 (20.30) | 16 (27.60) | 10 (19.20) | 18 (34.60) | 35 (17.50) |
Family size | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 3–4 | 50 (67.60) | 40 (69) | 36 (69.20) | 40 (76.90) | 132 (66.00) |
 5–6 | 24 (32.40) | 18 (31) | 16 (30.80) | 12 (23.10) | 68 (34.00) |
Dental care behaviors | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Brushing habit (using finger brush) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 at 6 month* | 48 (64.90) | 24 (41.40) | 35 (67.30) | 19 (36.50) | 23 (11.50) |
 at 12 month* | 62 (83.80) | 38 (65.50) | 39 (75.00) | 28 (53.80) | 43 (21.50) |
 at 18 month* | 70 (94.60) | 48 (82.80) | 48 (92.30) | 37 (71.20) | 51 (25.50) |
 at 24 month* | 71 (95.90) | 54 (93.10) | 50 (96.20) | 37 (71.20) | 44 (22.00) |
Type of (milk)feeding at 12Â m* | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Breast milk | 61 (82.40) | 41 (70.70) | 37 (71.20) | 30 (57.70) | 94 (47.00) |
 Milk powder and both of them | 13 (17.60) | 17 (29.30) | 15 (28.80) | 22 (42.30) | 106 (53.00) |
Child sweet consumption at 12Â m* | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No sweet | 63 (85.10) | 40 (69.00) | 34 (65.40) | 27 (51.90) | 71 (35.50) |
 Sugary bottle | 11 (14.90) | 18 (31.00) | 18 (34.60) | 25 (48.10) | 129 (64.50) |
Mothers dental caries | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
D mother | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Without caries | 2 (2.70) | 5 (8.60) | 3 (5.80) | 3 (5.80) | 8 (4.00) |
 With caries | 72 (97.30) | 53 (91.40) | 49 (94.20) | 49 (94.20) | 192 (96.00) |
Total | 74 (100%) | 58 (100%) | 52 (100%) | 52 (100%) | 200 (100%) |