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KMID : 1023420150150030355
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Journal of Dental Hygiene Science
2015 Volume.15 No. 3 p.355 ~ p.360
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Relationship of Oral Health Behavior to Self-Efficacy in High School Studen
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Ju On-Ju
Woo Seung-Hee
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the oral health behavior and self-efficacy of adolescents. The subjects in this study were 300 selected students in a girls' high school located in the city of Iksan. A survey was conducted from November 2 to 5, 2014, with questionnaires that covered oral health behavior and self-efficacy, and the answer sheets from 298 respondents were analyzed by a statistical package IBM SPSS Statistics ver. 21.0. The group that got regular dental checkups (3.26) excelled the other group that didn't in self-efficacy (p＜ 0.05), and the group who made use of oral care products and who brushed their teeth four times or more had a better self-efficacy than the other group that didn't. The students who considered themselves to be in better oral health scored higher in self-efficacy, and the groups who had no difficulties in pronunciation (3.66) and mastication (3.32) scored higher (p＜0.01, ＜0.001). Masticatory dysfunction (r=－0.184) and pronunciation disorder (r=－0.200) were negatively correlated with self-efficacy, but oral health status (r=0.243) had a positive correlation with it. Self-efficacy was better when oral health status was better (p＜0.001) and when there was no pronunciation disorder (p＜0.01). The above-mentioned findings suggested that there was a close relationship between oral health behavior and self-efficacy. Therefore the kind of program that aims at changing youth oral health awareness and oral health behavior should be prepared to improve the self-efficacy of adolescents.
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KEYWORD
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High school students, Oral health behavior, Self efficacy
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