Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene (한국치위생학회지)

Korean Society of Dental Hygiene (한국치위생학회)
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Effect of oral health knowledge on oral health promotion behavior in adult

일부 성인의 구강건강 지식이 구강건강 증진 행위에 미치는 영향

  • Kim, Kwang-Hee (Department of Dental Hygiene, Suseong University) ;
  • Jung, Yun-Sook (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Science & Technology, Kyungpook National University)
  • 김광희 (수성대학교 치위생과) ;
  • 정윤숙 (경북대학교 과학기술대학 치위생학과)
  • Received : 2021.02.19
  • Accepted : 2021.03.30
  • Published : 2021.04.30
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Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate oral health-related knowledge in adults and to determine the effect of oral health knowledge on correct brushing and use of dental care products. Methods: The subjects of this study were 552 adults who visited dental clinic, and a self-administered questionnaire was administered. Statistical analysis was performed using the t-test, ANOVA, and multiple regression using the SPSS statistics program (ver. 23.0, IBM Co., Chicago, IL, USA). Results: The oral health knowledge level, correct brushing, and dental care product usage scores were found to be positively correlated (r=0.015, 0.016), and both correlation coefficients were statistically significant (p<0.05). Oral health knowledge was found to have a significant effect on correct brushing among oral health promotion behaviors (β=0.116, p=0.006), but it was not found to have a significant effect on the use of dental care products (β=0.053, p=0.214). Conclusions: Oral health promotion behavior is closely related to oral health knowledge, and it is thought that oral health promotion behavior can be improved by raising oral health knowledge levels.

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