Factors associated with prolonged non-nutritive sucking habits in two cohorts of Brazilian children

BMC Public Health

Heloisa Bettiol¹  Marco Antonio Barbieri¹  Maria Conceição Pereira Saraiva²  Erika Bárbara Abreu Fonseca Thomaz⁴  Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva⁴  Felipe Pinheiro de Figueiredo³  Camilla Silva de Araujo Figueiredo⁴  Marcela Maia-Nader¹ 

[1] Department of Puericulture and Pediatrics, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Avenida Bandeirantes 3900, Zip Code 14049-900 Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil;Department of Pediatrics and Social Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil;Department of Neurosciences, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil;Department of Public Health, Federal University of Maranhão, São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil

关键词: School age children;    Pacifier sucking;    Finger sucking;    Non-nutritive sucking habits;   

Others  :  1128980
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-14-743

 received in 2013-03-18, accepted in 2014-06-25,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Non-nutritive sucking habits (NNSH) are very common during childhood. However, if these habits were maintained for 36 months of age or more, they are considered to be prolonged (PNNSH) and can cause occlusal, physiological and esthetic changes. There is controversy about their prevalence and whether perinatal, social, demographic and health characteristics influence their onset and duration. So, the objectives of this study are to estimate the prevalence of PNNSH and to evaluate perinatal, early life and school age factors associated with their occurrence in children.

Methods

A sample of 1,463 children aged 7–11 years born in Ribeirão Preto (RP-1994) and São Luís (SL-1997/98), Brazil, was reevaluated at school age in 2004/05. Birth weight, gestational age and perinatal variables were obtained at birth. Type of feeding, occurrence and duration of finger and pacifier sucking were recorded retrospectively at school age. PNNSH were defined when persisted for 36 months of age or more. Crude and adjusted prevalence ratios (PR) were estimated by Poisson regression (alpha = 5%).

Results

Prevalence of PNNSH was higher in RP (47.6%) than in SL (20.2%) – (p < 0.001). Perinatal variables were not associated to PNNSH, whilst female sex (PR = 1.27 in RP; PR = 1.47 in SL) and bottle feeding for 24 months or more (PR = 2.24 in RP; PR = 2.49 in SL) were risk factors in both locations. Breast feeding for 12 months or more (PR = 0.53 in RP; PR = 0.31 in SL) was associated with lower prevalence of PNNSH in both places. In SL, children whose mothers lived in consensual union (PR = 1.62) and worked outside the home (PR = 1.51) showed higher prevalence of PNNSH compared to their counterparts.

Conclusions

Prevalence of PNNSH was high especially in RP and was not associated with perinatal variables. In both cities there was an association between female sex, shorter breast-feeding duration, longer bottle feeding duration and higher prevalence of PNNSH.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Maia-Nader et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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