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KMID : 0355420180420040124
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Journal of Korean Academy of Oral Health
2018 Volume.42 No. 4 p.124 ~ p.129
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Effect of oral health-related factors on oral health knowledge, attitude, and practice of college students
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Lee Su-Bin
Yun Jung-Won
Seong Mi-Gyung
Lee Min-Kyung
Kim Yea-Hwang
Lee Jung-Hwa
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Abstract
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Objectives: The objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of oral health-related factors on the oral health knowledge, attitude, and practice of students of the Department of Dental Hygiene major, Health-related major, General major, and to provide primary data to improve the oral care ability of university students.
Methods: After institutional review board approval, the study was conducted from May 15 to December 1, 2017. All 363 university students in Busan completed a questionnaire. In total, 332 questionnaires were analyzed. Thirty-one cases were excluded due to unreasonable responses. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 24.0.
Results: Analysis of the factors related to knowledge, attitude, and practice of oral health according to the major field of study of the respondents indicated that students in the Dental Hygiene major demonstrated significantly better results.
Conclusions: It is necessary to determine a way to manage the oral health of university students. In addition, voluntary participation of universities to improve oral health of university students is desirable. It is also necessary to establish national health policies and a national health care education curriculum for university students.
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KEYWORD
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Oral health-attitude, Oral health-related factors, Oral health knowledge, Oral health practice, University student
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