초록
본 연구는 청소년의 구강건강지식에 대한 오개념과 관련요인을 파악함으로써 올바른 구강건강지식 개념형성을 위한 방안을 마련하는데 기초자료를 제공하기 위하여 실시하였다. 연구대상자의 구강건강지식 수준은 비교적 많은 문항에서 학생들이 바른 개념을 형성하고 있었으나, 칫솔손잡이, 잇몸약 사용, 수돗물 불소 조정사업에서 오개념이 형성되어 있었다. 구강건강지식 수준은 전체 평균 10.78점을 나타내었으며, 집단 간 오차범위 내에서 차이를 보이지 않았다. 구강건강지식 오개념의 집단별 연관성은 성별과 학력에서 차이를 보이지 않았으나 구강보건교육 이수 학생 보다 올바른 개념이 형성되어 있는 것으로 나타났다(p<0.001). 구강건강지식을 얻는 경로는 인터넷, 대중매체(35.4%)에서 습득 비율이 가장 높았고, 학교(9.6%)에서 습득 비율이 가장 낮았으며, 구강건강지식 수준은 학교에서 10.56점으로 가장 낮았다. 따라서 청소년의 바른 구강건강행동을 위한 학교 구강건강교육 활성화 및 교육기회를 부여할 수 있도록 구강건강교육자 양성이 매우 중요함을 알 수 있다.
This study was conducted to provide basic data in establishing a method for helping adolescents form the concept of correct oral health knowledge, by searching for their misconceptions about oral health knowledge and figuring out relevant factors. Results showed that they had appropriate knowledge on a relatively large number of questions regarding the level of oral health knowledge, but they also had misconceptions about the toothbrush grip, how to use medicines for gum diseases, and the project of fluorine concentration adjustment in water. It was shown that the score of oral health knowledge turned out to be 10.78 on average as a whole and the mean difference was within the error range. As for the correlations of misconceptions about oral health knowledge by group, it was noted that there were no differences in gender and education level, but those who completed oral health education had more appropriate concepts than those who did not (p < 0.001). In terms of the paths that they obtained oral health knowledge, the Internet and mass media (35.4%) had the highest rate and school (9.6%) had the lowest rate. With regards to the level of oral health knowledge, school had 10.56, which was the lowest score. In this regard, in order for adolescents to form adequate oral health knowledge, the following should be done. therefore, it would be necessary to activate school oral health education so as for adolescents to exercise adequate oral health behavior and to train many oral health educators so as for them to be provided with more educational opportunities.