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.