Oral Health Attitudes and Behavior among a Group of Turkish Dental Students
Oral Health Attitudes and Behavior among a Group of Turkish Dental Students
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一群土耳其牙科学生的口腔健康态度和行为
DOI：
10.1055/s-0039-1697402
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发表时间：
2009
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通讯作者：
M. Alkurt
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作者：
I. Peker;M. Alkurt
目的 本研究的目的是评估一组土耳其牙科学生自我报告的口腔健康态度和行为，并比较学习年限和性别之间口腔健康态度的差异。方法 本研究包括 267 名（153 名女性，114 名男性）牙科学生。使用了广岛大学牙科行为量表 (HU-DBI) 的修改版英文版本，其中包含 28 个二分回答（是-否）。结果 共有 141 名临床前学生（第 1 年、第 2 年和第 3 年）和 126 名临床学生（第 4 年和第 5 年研究）参与研究，平均年龄为 21.16 岁。多年来的研究发现，仔细刷牙、不使用牙膏清洁牙齿、使用硬毛牙刷以及牙医告诉他们刷得很好，这些结果之间存在统计学上的显着差异。女性和男性在使用硬毛牙刷和经常使用牙线方面存在显着差异。吸烟者和非吸烟者仔细刷牙和定期漱口的情况存在统计学上的显着差异。结论 本研究证实，牙科学生的口腔牙齿健康行为和态度以及口腔牙齿保健知识随着受教育程度的提高而提高，其中女生口腔牙齿保健优于男性，非吸烟者口腔牙齿保健优于吸烟者。
Objectives The purpose of this study was to evaluate self-reported oral health attitude and behavior among a group of Turkish dental students and to compare differences in oral health attitudes between years of study and gender. Methods This study included 267 (153 female, 114 male) dental students. A modified English version of Hiroshima University Dental-Behavioral Inventory (HU-DBI) which consists of twenty-eight dichotomous responses (yes-no) was used. Results Totally 141 preclinical (1, 2 and 3rd years of study) and 126 clinical students (4 and 5th years of study) who were mean age of 21.16 participated in the study. Statistically significant differences were found between years of study for brushing each of teeth carefully, cleaning the teeth well without using toothpaste, using a toothbrush which has hard bristles and for having had their dentist tell that they brush very well. There were statistically significant differences between females and males for using a toothbrush which has hard bristles and using tooth floss regularly. Statistically significant differences were found for brushing each of the teeth carefully and using mouth wash on regular basis between smokers and non-smokers. Conclusions This study confirmed that oral and dental health behavior and attitudes and also their knowledge about oral and dental health care of dental students improved with increasing level of education while oral and dental health care of female students were better than males and oral and dental health care of non-smokers were better than smokers.