Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the self-esteem and oral health awareness of college students and influential factors for their oral health awareness in an effort to plan an oral health program tailored to college students. The subjects in this study were 394 students who were in G college and J university in the city of Gwangju, on whom a self-administered survey was conducted. After a survey was conducted, the collected data were analyzed. The findings of the study were as follows: Regarding oral health awareness by general characteristics, the students who had experience of receiving oral health education were better in that regard(p<0.05). As to awareness of oral health education, the health-related majors took the best view of it (p<0.05). Concerning the links between self-esteem and oral health awareness, there was a significant positive correlation between the two. As a result of analyzing what factors affected oral health awareness, oral health awareness was under the significant influence of self-esteem, self-rated oral health status and oral health education(p<0.05). Given the findings of the study, oral health education programs geared toward college students should be developed in consideration of the various influential factors for oral health awareness to offer better education.
본 연구는 대학생들의 자아존중감과 구강보건인식과의 관계를 알아보고 구강보건인식에 영향을 미치는 요인을 파악하여 그 요인들을 바탕으로 대학생에게 맞는 구강보건프로그램을 계획하고자 연구되었다. 광주광역시에 소재한 2개 대학의 학생 394명을 대상으로 자기기입식 설문조사를 하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 일반적 특성에 따른 구강보건에 대한 인식도는 구강보건교육경험이 있는 사람이 높았으며(p<0.05), 구강보건교육에 관한 인식은 보건 계열에서 가장 높았다(p<0.05). 구강병 예방에 관한 인식은 구강보건교육의 경험이 있을 경우 높았다(p<0.05). 자아존중감과 구강보건인식과의 관계는 유의한 양의 상관관계를 보였으며, 구강보건인식에 영향을 미치는 요인을 살펴본 결과 자아존중감, 주관적 구강건강상태, 구강보건교육이 구강보건인식에 유의하게 영향을 미치고 있는 것으로 나타났다(p<0.05). 이상의 결과에서 구강보건인식에 영향을 미치는 여러 요인들을 고려하여 대학생들을 대상으로 한 구강보건교육프로그램을 개발하여 교육이 시행되어져야 할 것으로 생각된다.
