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KMID : 1023420150150040503
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Journal of Dental Hygiene Science
2015 Volume.15 No. 4 p.503 ~ p.508
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Oral Health and Stress of College Women in Some Areas
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Kim Seo-Yune
Lee Jae-Ra
Choi Moon-Sil
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine factors related to the oral health by stress in college women. This survey was conducted between June 16, 2014 and July 18, 2014 to investigate the correlation between stress and oral health Data were obtained from 393 women students of 5 colleges in Gwangju and Jeollanam-do. The oral health of college students is related with the stress which has a correlation between oral condition satisfaction(－) and inconvenient(＋) of mastication and pronunciation (p＜0.01). Also, factors affecting stress are discomfort during mastication and oral state satisfaction and discomfort during mastication. The discomfort during mastication showed the highest stress while the higher status of oral satisfaction showed lower stress (p＜0.05). Therefore, college women stress is related with oral health. Colleges should consider developing a program which can appropriately manage and regulate stress to relieve their stress.
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KEYWORD
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College women, Oral health, Stress
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