CORRELATES OF PERIODONTAL DISEASE PREVENTIVE BEHAVIORS

牙周病预防行为的相关性

• 批准号: 3221563
• 负责人: DAVID L RONIS
• 金额: $ 7.73万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-07-01 至 1993-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3221563
• 关键词: dental disorder diagnosis; dental plaque; gingivitis; health behavior; human subject; oral health; periodontium disorder; preventive dentistry; public health; self care; tooth loss; toothbrushing

In order to prevent periodontal disease and tooth loss, dental authorities recommend that adults should brush and floss their teeth daily and should have regular preventive dental visits. While most American adults brush daily, only about half of them visit a dentist in any given year, and fewer than one out of five floss their teeth daily. The proposed research will attempt to determine why adults do or do not follow each of these recommendations. The research will also test the joint impact of these three preventive actions on periodontal health. The project will be guided by theory and research in psychology, public health, and dentistry. The specific aims are (a) to identify the beliefs, experiences, and other variables that are important predictors of the three periodontal disease preventive behaviors, (b) to test the effects of the three behaviors on oral health outcomes (plaque, calculus, gingivitis, and periodontal disease), (c) to determine the level of the three preventive behaviors and of their predictors and outcomes in the general population and in selected subpopulations, (d) to identify sources of information about dental health that are used and trusted, and (e) to refine and validate measures of the predictor variables. On the basis of the research findings, recommendations will be made for health education interventions to encourage people to brush, floss, and obtain preventive dental care. The subjects will be a probability sample of 800 adults residing in the Detroit tri-county area. Data will be collected by (a) face to face interview, (b) observations of demonstrated oral hygiene behaviors, and (c) dental examinations. Dental hygienists will conduct the observations and examinations. Respondents' reports of dental visits will be confirmed by checking with their dentists. Multivariate data analyses will be used to determine which variables contribute to prediction when other variables are controlled and to assess the joint effects of the three preventive actions on oral health.

为了防止牙周病和牙齿脱落，牙科

项目成果

Preventive oral health behaviors among Detroit-area residents.

底特律地区居民的预防性口腔健康行为。

• 发表时间: 1994
• 期刊: Journal of dental hygiene : JDH
• 作者: Ronis,DL;Lang,WP;Farghaly,MM;Ekdahl,SM
• 通讯作者: Ekdahl,SM

Updating a measure of dental anxiety: reliability, validity, and norms.

更新牙科焦虑的衡量标准：可靠性、有效性和规范。

• 发表时间: 1994
• 期刊: Journal of dental hygiene : JDH
• 作者: Ronis,DL

Conditional health threats: health beliefs, decisions, and behaviors among adults.

• DOI: 10.1037//0278-6133.11.2.127
• 发表时间: 1992
• 期刊: Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association
• 作者: D. Ronis