일부대학생들의 구강보건지식과 구강건강관리행태에 대한 조사(보건계열학생과 비 보건계열로 구분)

Investigation into the Oral Health Knowledge and Oral Health Behavior of College Students: the case of health-related majors and non-health related majors

The purpose of this study was to examine the oral health knowledge and oral health behavior of college students in Busan and the region of Gyeongnam. Online and offline surveys were conducted during a two month period from October, 2014, and the answer sheets from 300 respondents were analyzed. The findings of the study were as follows: As for oral health education experience, the college students female, whose major was health-related and whose academic year was lower had more experience to receive oral health education. Concerning the impact of their major fields of study, the health- related majors Knowledge level toothbrushing, periodontal, dental caries and fluoride. The health-related majors scored higher in all the factors. When the colleges to which they belonged were taken into account, the medical and health college students scored highest in every factor. Regarding regular dental checkups, the students who got dental checkups on a regular basis got Knowledge level toothbrushing, periodontal, fluoride, dental caries. In relation to scaling experience, the students who had scaling experience scored higher in all the factors Knowledge level toothbrushing, periodontal, dental caries, fluoride. In relation to toothbrushing time, the students who took three minutes or more to brush their teeth toothbrushing knowledge, knowledge of fluoride. These students scored higher in these regards than the others. As to the use of oral hygiene supplies, the students who made use of oral hygiene supplies scored higher knowledge of fluoride, toothbrushing knowledge, and periodontal knowledge. The above-mentioned findings of the study illustrated that the students whose major was health-related had a better oral health knowledge than the others whose major was not health-related. As good oral health behavior had something to do with accessibility to oral health care, the development of oral health care programs is required to improve oral health behavior.