Global Research Trends on Early-Life Feeding Practices and Early Childhood Caries: A Systematic Review

Table 2

Data abstraction form.

(a) Publication characteristics: search

ID number (assigned by reviewers)	First author	Year of publication	Journal	Title	Language
Peer review (yes/no)	Meets inclusion criteria	Reason for exclusion, if applicable	Identification method (electronic or hand search)	ID number of other publications based on the same study population

(b) Publication characteristics: design and study population

Study design (e.g., cross-sectional, longitudinal, and intervention)	Country of origin	WHO region	Sample size (analytic)
Follow-up percentage, if applicable	Child age at baseline (mean, range)		Child age at follow-up (mean, range), if applicable

(c) Caries outcomes

Examination method (e.g., WHO field manual)

Caries prevalence, including noncavitated decay

Caries prevalence, cavitated decay only

Mean dmfs

Mean dmft

Other measures

(d) Statistical methods and results

Measure of association reported

Adjustment method for confounding

Main findings

Other notes

Information from studies under consideration for review was entered into a spreadsheet with the column headings listed above.
WHO: World Health Organization.
dmfs/t: decayed missing (due to caries) filled primary surface/tooth index.