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KMID : 1157520130090020099
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International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry
2013 Volume.9 No. 2 p.99 ~ p.104
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Relevance between Self-rated Oral Health and Oral Health Behaviors in Korean Adolescents: 2010 Korea Center for Disease Control
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Park Jin-young
Shin Seung-Chul
Park Yong-Duk
Chon Jong-Ae
Cho Ja-Won
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Abstract
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Objective: As health-related lifestyle habits formed in adolescence will determine his or her general health throughout the rest of the life, self-rated oral health formed during this period will also determine lifetime oral health behaviors. The purpose of this study was to determine if self-rated oral health differed according to self-reported oral health behaviors in Korean adolescents.
Methods: The raw data of ’The sixth Youth Health Behavior Online Survey’ carried out by the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention were analysed. Independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Logistic regression analysis were used to assess the relationships between oral health behaviors and self-rated oral health (n=73,238).
Results: Self-rated oral health differed according to self-reported daily toothbrushing habits. Oral health behaviors had stronger influence on daily toothbrushing habits. In particular, participants who brushed their teeth in the morning were 2.578 times more likely to have good self-rated oral health than subjects that did not brush their teeth in the morning (p＜.001), and participants who brushed their teeth more than 3 times a day were 2.311 times more likely to have good self-rated oral health than those that brushed their teeth less than 3 times a day (p＜.001).
Conclusion: Korean adolescents with high self-rated oral health reported practicing good oral health behaviors. These results emphasize the need for the further practicable oral health education programs.
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KEYWORD
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Korean adolescents, perceived oral health, self-rated oral health
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