Oral health-related knowledge, attitudes and habits in relation to perceived oral symptoms among 12-year-old school children
| Autor: | Satu Lahti, Marja-Leena Mattila, Marina Merne-Grafström, Johanna Kivelä, Kaisu Pienihäkkinen, Mimmi Tolvanen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Toothbrushing Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Alcohol Drinking Substance-Related Disorders Health Behavior Oral Health Oral health Dental Caries Logistic regression Dental Devices Home Care 03 medical and health sciences Gingivitis Fluorides Tobacco Use 0302 clinical medicine Risk-Taking Sex Factors Sex factors Toothache medicine Humans Dental Calculus 030212 general & internal medicine Child General Dentistry ta313 business.industry 030206 dentistry General Medicine Feeding Behavior Cariostatic Agents stomatognathic diseases Health promotion Population study Female Self Report medicine.symptom business Gingival Hemorrhage Health habits Attitude to Health Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Acta odontologica Scandinavica. 74(5) |
| ISSN: | 1502-3850 |
| Popis: | Objective The aim of the study was to investigate oral health-related knowledge, attitudes and habits and their relationship to perceived oral symptoms among 12-year-olds and differences between boys and girls. Material and methods The study population consisted of children (n = 588) in 15 randomly selected elementary schools in Turku, Finland. Associations between oral health-related habits, knowledge and attitudes with perceived oral symptoms and gender differences were evaluated with χ(2)-test, Mann-Whitney U-test and logistic regression analysis. Results Oral health promoting habits but not knowledge or attitudes associated significantly with absence of oral symptoms. Girls reported a higher percentage of several health promotional habits than boys. Girls reported more frequently gingival bleeding and less frequently dental calculus than boys did. The most common oral symptom was gingival bleeding. Conclusions The present findings suggest some gender-related differences in oral health habits, attitudes, as well as perceived oral symptoms in 12-year-olds. There seems, however, not to be gender differences in relation to knowledge or the association of health habits with perceived oral symptoms. It is important to maintain health promotion at schools and additional efforts should be aimed at translating knowledge into action. |
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