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KMID : 1023420090090040369
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Journal of Dental Hygiene Science
2009 Volume.9 No. 4 p.369 ~ p.374
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The Effects of Some Soldiers` Stress on Their Oral Healthcare Practice and Attitudes
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Yoo Jung-Sook
Kim Jin
Kim Ki-Eun
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to survey Korean soldiers’ oral healthcare practice and attitudes along with their stress level, and thereby to identify possible correlations among those factors. The survey was conducted from June 11 to Oct. 10, 2008 in G-gun, Chungbuk. province for soldiers. The questionnaire was consisted of the oral healthcare practice and attitude, stress level. As a result, it was found that our respondents scored 3.55 out of possible 9 point in their stress level, which indicated that they had relatively low stress on the whole. According to survey on their oral healthcare practice and attitude depending on their general characteristics, it was found that the higher academic career was associated directly with the more practices of oral healthcare, and nonsmoking group showed more practices of oral healthcare than smoking group. It was found that ‘schoolwork and workplace’ and ‘sexual problem’ were critical stress factors on our respondents’ oral healthcare attitudes. And it was also found that ‘outward appearance complex’, ‘personality complex’, ‘conflicts with parents’ and ‘sexual problem’ were critical stress factors on their oral healthcare practices. Since our soldiers’ maintenance of their oral healthcare is beneficial to both individual and national aspects, it is necessary for interested parties including dental surgeons to make efforts to develop a promotional program for military dental healthcare project and provide a series of reorientations for soldiers, so that they can have more positive oral healthcare practices and attitudes.
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KEYWORD
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Korean soldiers, Oral healthcare practice, Oral healthcare attitudes, Stress
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