The Relationship between Oral Health-Related Self-Efficacy and Quality of Life According to Smoking Experience of Chinese Students in Korea

중국인 유학생의 흡연경험에 따른 구강건강관련 자기효능감과 삶의 질의 융합적 관계

Abstract

In this study, a survey was conducted on Chinese students in a university in Busan, in order to investigate the relationship between oral health-related self-efficacy and quality of life according to smoking experience of Chinese students living in South Korea. The results of analyzing collected data with the SPSS 24.0 program showed that students without smoking experience had higher scores in brushing, oral health-related self-efficacy and oral health-related quality of life than those with smoking experience. Brushing self-efficacy was positively correlated with oral health-related self-efficacy, and oral health-related self-efficacy was positively correlated with oral health quality of life, which were all statistically significant. It was found that the presence or absence of smoking experience was associated with oral health promotion and improvement of quality of life in foreign students. Thus, the results of this study are expected to be used as basic data by conveying the necessity of developing oral health promotion programs for healthy living of foreign students.

본 연구는 국내거주 중국인 유학생의 흡연경험 유무에 따른 구강건강관련 자기효능감과 삶의 질의 관계를 파악하고자 부산시내에 위치한 지역대학 내 중국 유학생을 대상으로 설문 조사를 실시하였다. 수집된 자료를 SPSS 24.0 프로그램을 통해 분석한 결과 흡연 비경험자가 흡연 경험자보다 칫솔질과 구강건강관리 관련 자기효능감, 구강건강관련 삶의 질의 점수가 각각 높게 나타나 유의한 결과가 나타났다. 칫솔질 자기효능감은 구강건강관리 관련 자기효능감과 정적 상관을 가지고 있었고, 구강건강관리 관련 자기효능감은 구강건강 삶의 질과 정적 상관을 가지고 있어 유의미한 결과를 보였다. 따라서 흡연경험의 유무는 외국인 유학생의 구강건강증진 및 삶의 질 향상과 관계가 있는 것으로 나타나 건강한 유학생활을 위해 구강건강증진 프로그램 개발의 필요성을 전달하여 기초자료로 활용되기를 기대한다.

Table 1. General Characteristics

Table 2. Brushing-Related Self-Efficacy depending on Smoking Experience

Table 3. Oral Health-Related Self-Efficacy depending on Smoking Experience

Table 4. Oral Health-Related Quality of Life depending on Smoking Experience