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Oral Hygiene Practices and Oral Health Knowledge among Students in Split, Croatia
Background: Knowledge of oral health is a fundamental prerequisite for healthy behavior, allowing individuals to take measures to protect their overall health. This cross-sectional study aimed to examine the knowledge of oral health as well as to assess the oral hygiene habits among healthcare and n...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8872387/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35207018 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10020406 |
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author | Tadin, Antonija Poljak Guberina, Renata Domazet, Josipa Gavic, Lidia |
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description | Background: Knowledge of oral health is a fundamental prerequisite for healthy behavior, allowing individuals to take measures to protect their overall health. This cross-sectional study aimed to examine the knowledge of oral health as well as to assess the oral hygiene habits among healthcare and non-healthcare students. Methods: The study was based on a questionnaire and was conducted among 1088 students. Most of the students, 67.6% were non-healthcare students. Data were processed by Mann–Whitney or Kruskal–Wallis one-way ANOVA test. Results: The correct median score and interquartile range were 11 (9–13) for all surveyed students, 11 (9–12) for students in non-healthcare programs and 13 (11–14) for students in healthcare programs. Students did not significantly differ in the knowledge of oral health by gender (p = 0.082) but did differ by age, study program, and year of study (p ≤ 0.001). Students whose family members work in the field of dental medicine also showed better oral health knowledge (p ≤ 0.001). Conclusion: The results showed good oral health knowledge among tested university students. However, it is important to emphasize that students who showed better knowledge more often used additional aids to maintain oral hygiene; therefore, the obtained data underline the importance of students’ further education in order to better understand and maintain oral health. |
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spelling | pubmed-88723872022-02-25 Oral Hygiene Practices and Oral Health Knowledge among Students in Split, Croatia Tadin, Antonija Poljak Guberina, Renata Domazet, Josipa Gavic, Lidia Healthcare (Basel) Article Background: Knowledge of oral health is a fundamental prerequisite for healthy behavior, allowing individuals to take measures to protect their overall health. This cross-sectional study aimed to examine the knowledge of oral health as well as to assess the oral hygiene habits among healthcare and non-healthcare students. Methods: The study was based on a questionnaire and was conducted among 1088 students. Most of the students, 67.6% were non-healthcare students. Data were processed by Mann–Whitney or Kruskal–Wallis one-way ANOVA test. Results: The correct median score and interquartile range were 11 (9–13) for all surveyed students, 11 (9–12) for students in non-healthcare programs and 13 (11–14) for students in healthcare programs. Students did not significantly differ in the knowledge of oral health by gender (p = 0.082) but did differ by age, study program, and year of study (p ≤ 0.001). Students whose family members work in the field of dental medicine also showed better oral health knowledge (p ≤ 0.001). Conclusion: The results showed good oral health knowledge among tested university students. However, it is important to emphasize that students who showed better knowledge more often used additional aids to maintain oral hygiene; therefore, the obtained data underline the importance of students’ further education in order to better understand and maintain oral health. MDPI 2022-02-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8872387/ /pubmed/35207018 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10020406 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Tadin, Antonija Poljak Guberina, Renata Domazet, Josipa Gavic, Lidia Oral Hygiene Practices and Oral Health Knowledge among Students in Split, Croatia |
title | Oral Hygiene Practices and Oral Health Knowledge among Students in Split, Croatia |
title_full | Oral Hygiene Practices and Oral Health Knowledge among Students in Split, Croatia |
title_fullStr | Oral Hygiene Practices and Oral Health Knowledge among Students in Split, Croatia |
title_full_unstemmed | Oral Hygiene Practices and Oral Health Knowledge among Students in Split, Croatia |
title_short | Oral Hygiene Practices and Oral Health Knowledge among Students in Split, Croatia |
title_sort | oral hygiene practices and oral health knowledge among students in split, croatia |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8872387/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35207018 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10020406 |
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