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Impact of Mother's Oral Health Literacy on Preschool Children's Oral Health Status and Behavior

어머니의 구강건강정보이해력이 유아 자녀의 구강건강상태와 행동에 미치는 영향

  • Kang, Yu-Min (Department of Dental Hygiene, Graduate School, Namseoul University) ;
  • Cho, Young-Sik (Department of Dental Hygiene, Graduate School, Namseoul University)
  • 강유민 (남서울대학교 일반대학원 치위생학과) ;
  • 조영식 (남서울대학교 일반대학원 치위생학과)
  • Received : 2015.11.27
  • Accepted : 2015.12.16
  • Published : 2016.02.29

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine how oral health literacy of mothers affect the oral health status of their preschool children. The subjects were 233 mothers and their preschool children who are between 5 and 6 years old. They were selected according to the convenience sampling method. The individual self-administered questionnaire was used for the mother's survey while the children were interviewed using structured questionnaire to examine their oral health status and behavior. According to study results, the number of decayed primary teeth and the number of decayed and filled primary teeth had a statistically significant negative correlation with the oral health literacy of the mother, the children's oral health knowledge, attitude and behavior (COHKAB), and the mother's oral health management behavior. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was performed after including general characteristics variables, the COHKAB and the mother's oral health management behavior. Meanwhile, mother's oral health literacy had a statistically influence on children's oral health status. The higher the mother's oral health literacy level, the lower the number of decayed and filled primary teeth were. The findings suggest that efforts to improve the oral health status of preschool children should consider mother's oral health literacy as an important factor. Therefore, the effective intervention and education programs are necessary to enhance mother's oral health literacy.

이번 연구는 어머니의 구강건강정보이해력이 유아 자녀의 구강건강상태 및 행동에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 파악하여 모자 구강건강 증진에 기여하고자 편의표본추출법에 의해 선정된 경기도 평택시 소재 유치원 및 어린이집 8곳에 다니는 만 5, 6세 아동과 어머니 233명을 대상으로 조사연구를 시행하여 다음과 같은 주요 결과를 얻었다. 어머니의 구강건강정보이해력, 구강건강관리행동, 유아의 구강보건지식 태도 행동을 상 하위 25% 집단으로 나누어 구강건강정보이해력에 따른 유아자녀의 구강건강상태 차이를 비교한 결과, 어머니의 구강건강정보이해력은 우식유치수(dt), 우식유치수 및 충전유치수(dft)와 모두 유의한 차이를 보였고 상위집단일 경우 dt, dft가 더 적게 나타났다. 구강건강관리행동과 유아의 구강보건지식 태도 행동에 따른 유아의 구강건강상태는 dt에서만 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였고, 상위 집단일 경우 dt가 적게 나타났다. 구강건강정보이해력은 유아 자녀의 dt, dft와 부의 상관관계가 있었다. 또한, 유아의 구강보건지식 태도 행동, 구강건강관리행동과는 양의 상관관계를 보였다. 어머니의 구강건강정보이해력이 유아 자녀의 구강보건 지식 태도 행동에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위한 위계적 다중 회귀분석 결과, 어머니의 구강건강관리행동이 가장 큰 영향을 미쳤고, 이어 언어적 구강건강정보이해력, 유아 성별, 어머니 연령, 그리고 자녀수 순으로 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 어머니의 구강건강정보이해력이 유아 자녀의 구강건강 상태에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해 일반적 특성, 구강건강관리행동, 유아의 구강보건지식 태도 행동을 통제한 상태로 다중 회귀분석을 시행한 결과, 언어적 구강건강정보이해력이 dt에 가장 큰 영향을 미쳤고, 기능적 구강건강정보이해력은 영향력이 없었다. 그러나 dft에는 다른 변수들을 통제하였을 때 두 개의 구강건강정보이해력 모두 독립적으로 가장 큰 영향력을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 결과를 종합할 때, 유아 자녀의 구강건강증진을 위하여 어머니의 구강건강정보이해력을 항상 고려해야 하며, 이를 반영한 구강보건교육이 시행되어야 할 것이다.

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