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KMID : 1020220150150050813
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Journal of Korean Society of Dental Hygiene
2015 Volume.15 No. 5 p.813 ~ p.821
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Relationship between health behavior and oral symptoms in Korean adolescents
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Park Ji-Hye
Kim Chang-Suk
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between health behavior and oral symptoms in Korean adolescents.
Methods: The subjects were 72,060 adolescents who were selected from the web-based survey of the 10th (2014) Korean Youth Risk Behavior of Korean Center for Disease Control. Data were analyzed by PASW statistics 18.0. A web-based self-reported questionnaire was completed by 74,167 middle and high school students. The subjects consisted of 36,470 boy students (52.2%) and 35,590 girl students (47.8%) from 400 middle schools and 400 high schools.
Results: Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that experience of oral symptoms were related with sex, age, academic achievement, economic status, alcohol drinking, moderate physical activity, muscular strength exercises, walking, fruit consumption, milk consumption, fast food consumption, snack consumption, daily tooth brushing frequency, use of fluoride toothpaste, school based oral health education, dental sealant and dental scaling.
Conclusions: There were close relationship between heath behavior, oral health behavior, and experience of oral symptoms. To improve the health promotion for the adolescents, oral health program development and primary prevention strategy must be established.
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KEYWORD
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adolescents, health behavior, oral health behavior
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