대학생의 당 관련 영양지식과 구강건강행태와의 관련성

A Relationship of Sugar-Related Nutrition Knowledge to Oral Health behaviors in University Students

본 연구는 대학생의 당 관련 영양지식과 구강건강지식 및 구강건강 관련 식이행동 실태를 파악하고 관련성을 확인하기 위한 연구로써 2018년 3월17일부터 4월8일까지 편의 추출 된 충북지역 대학생을 대상으로 조사하였다. 연구 결과 성별에 따른 당 관련 영양지식은 여학생이 남학생보다 높았으며, 전공별로는 보건의료계열 전공 학생들이 타 전공계열에 비해 높은 점수를 보였다. 또한, 구강건강 관련 식이행동의 경우 남학생보다 여학생이 높았으며, 전공에 따라서는 보건계열 학생이 타 전공 학생에 비해 구강건강 관련 식이행동 점수가 유의하게 높은 것으로 조사되었다. 당 관련 영양지식과 구강건강지식은 구강건강 관련 식이행동에 정적 상관관계를 보여 영양지식과 구강건강지식을 향상이 구강건강 관련 식이행동 개선에 영향을 미칠 것으로 판단된다. 당류 섭취 감소를 위한 영양교육과 구강보건교육을 함께 시행함으로써 올바른 영양지식 및 구강건강지식을 향상시키고 구강건강 식이행동을 개선시켜 전신건강과 구강건강을 모두 증진시키는데 도움을 줄 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

The purpose of this study was to examine the sugar-related nutrition knowledge and oral health knowledge of college students, the state of their oral health-related eating behaviors and the relationship of the variables. The subjects in this study were the college students who were selected by convenience sampling from North Chungcheong Province. A survey was conducted from March 17 to April 8, 2018. The findings of the study were as follows: As for sugar-related nutrition knowledge, the female students surpassed the male students. By major, the students who majored in health sciences and medicine scored higher than the students whose major was different. In addition, regarding eating behaviors related to oral health, the students who were female and who majored in health sciences were at higher levels. Sugar-related nutrition knowledge and oral health knowledge had a positive correlation with eating behaviors related to oral health, and it seems that the former two affect the improvement of eating behaviors related to oral health. When nutrition education and oral health education are both provided to reduce the intake of saccharide, it is expected to be conducive to promoting both systemic health and oral health by improving nutrition knowledge, oral health knowledge and eating behaviors related to oral health.