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KMID : 0362520140160010001
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Journal of The Korean Academy of Dental Hygiene
2014 Volume.16 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.16
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A Comparative Study On Oral Health Management Realities and Oral Health Knowledge of Students Belonging to Dental Hygiene and Nursing Departments
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Ko Eun-Kyoung
Choi Jeong-Hee
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Abstract
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In order to compare oral health knowledge of nursing department students, who would be health education teachers in charge of oral health management at school in the future, with that of students belonging to dental hygiene department, this study collectively distributed questionnaires to first, second and third-year students in nursing and dental hygiene departments of G University located at Jeollanam-do, Korea. After the students answered the questionnaires by themselves, a total of 680 questionnaires were retrieved and analyzed. Results are as follows. 1. Concerning the age of the subjects, most of them were at the age of ‘21~25 or less.’ And, regarding their departments, ‘dental hygiene department’ and ‘nursing department’ accounted for 51.9% and 48.1%, respectively. And, concerning their grades, most of them were ‘first-year’ students. Finally, regarding their grades, most of them showed points of ‘3.5~4.0 or less.’ 2. Concerning their interest in oral health, most of the students in ‘dental hygiene department’ responded to the question with ‘a high degree of interest’, and most of the students belonging to the ‘nursing department’ replied to the same question with ‘a normal degree of interest’, which showed a statistically significant difference (p<0.05). And, oral health conditions according to their departments did not show any significant difference (p>0.05). 3. Concerning the subjects’ toothbrushing frequency a day, the portion of the students replied with ‘three times’ was higher in the dental hygiene department compared with the result found in the students in the nursing department, which showed a statistically significant difference (p<0.05). Regarding their toothbrushing duration, 55.5% of students in the ‘dental hygiene department’ showed ‘three minutes or more’, and 60.9% of students in the ‘nursing department’ said ‘two minutes or less’, which revealed a significant difference. And, concerning their toothbrushing methods, the portion of the students who said that they would ‘brush their teeth by revolving the toothbrush’ was higher in the dental hygiene department, compared with the nursing department, which showed a significant difference (p<0.05). And, regarding the use of oral health supplementary products, students in the dental hygiene department showed higher results than those in the nursing department, which showed a significant difference. And, with regard to their experience of scaling, students in the dental hygiene department also showed higher results than those in the nursing department, which showed a statistically significant difference (p<0.05). 4. Concerning pain during a visit to a dental clinic, students in the ‘dental hygiene department’ described their pain as sufferable, comfortable, and extreme in the order of its severity, and students in the ‘nursing department’ replied sufferable, extreme, and comfortable in the same order, which showed a statistically significant difference (p<0.05). And, regarding their feelings during dental examination, the portion of students that said they were ‘very afraid’ or ‘somewhat worried’ was higher in the nursing department compared with the dental hygiene department (p<0.05). 5. Concerning dental subjective symptoms according to their departments, students in the ‘dental hygiene department’ and those in the ‘nursing department’ showed 1.30 and 1.66, respectively. This indicated that students in the latter department had more subjective symptoms, which showed a statistically significant difference (p<0.05). And, regarding dental subjective symptoms according to students‘ age, grade, and school record, there was not any significant difference (p>0.05). 6. As a student’s age increased, his or her degree of oral health knowledge also increased, which showed a statistically significant difference (p<0.05). Regarding their departments, students in the ‘dental hygiene department’ showed more knowledge of oral health than those in the ‘nursing department’, which showed a significant difference. And, concerning their grades, oral health knowledge of ‘second-year students’ was highest as 38.11, which showed a statistically significant difference (p<0.05). Finally, regarding their school results, students whose results were ‘3.0~3.5 or less’ showed the highest degree of oral health knowledge, which indicated a significant difference (p<0.05). 7. There was a positive correlation between the toothbrushing duration and its frequency, and there was a negative correlation between the use of oral health supplementary products, toothbrushing frequency a day, and its duration (p<0.01). And, scaling experience had a negative correlation with toothbrushing frequency a day and its duration, and had a positive correlation with the use of oral health supplementary products and dental caries treatment (p<0.01). Moreover, oral health knowledge had a positive correlation with toothbrushing duration, and had a negative correlation with the use of oral health supplementary products and scaling experience (p<0.01). 8. The variable which had the biggest impact was a student’s department. And, the data of this study indicated that students in the dental hygiene department had more knowledge of dental health than those in the nursing department. As they had more subjective symptoms, longer toothbrushing duration, higher ages, more dental treatments, and less pain during dental examination, it turned out that they had more knowledge of dental health. In summary, it has been demonstrated that students in the dental hygiene department showed better results in every aspect, including interest in oral health, oral health management realities, and oral health knowledge, than those in the nursing department. This indicates that dental hygiene department graduates are more suitable for oral health education than nursing department students, who would be health education teachers in charge of oral health management at school. On the other hand, regarding nursing department students, who would be responsible for oral health education at school in the future, ways to enhance their interest in oral health, abilities to manage oral health, and knowledge of oral health are required.
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KEYWORD
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Dental hygiene department, Department of nursing, Oral management realities, and Oral health knowledge
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