Oral health literacy among clients visiting a Rural Dental College in north India- A crosssectional study
Autor: | Pannu Parampreet, Gambhir Ramandeep, Kapoor Vinod, Singh Arshdeep |
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Rok vydání: | 2014 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male knowledge Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Oral health clients Cross-sectional study media_common.quotation_subject India literacy Health literacy Literacy Likert scale Young Adult Sex Factors Nursing Surveys and Questionnaires Health care medicine Humans Young adult Aged media_common education Analysis of Variance Government business.industry Age Factors General Medicine Middle Aged Health Literacy Oral health literacy clients knowledge education stomatognathic diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Tooth Diseases Family medicine Original Article Female Mouth Diseases business |
Zdroj: | Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences; Vol 24, No 3 (2014); 261-268 |
ISSN: | 1029-1857 |
DOI: | 10.4314/ejhs.v24i3.10 |
Popis: | BACKGROUND: Limited health literacy among adults is one of the many barriers to better oral health outcomes. It is not uncommon to find people who consider understanding oral health information a challenge. Therefore, the present study assessed oral health literacy among clients visiting Gian Sagar Dental College and Hospital, Rajpura.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 450 participants who visited the Out Patient Department (OPD) of Gian Sagar Dental College and Hospital for a period of two months (Nov-Dec, 2013). A questionnaire was given to each of the participants. Oral health literacy wasgraded on a 12-point Likert scale based on the total score. Oral Health Literacy of the participants was assessed as low, medium and high on the basis of responses. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS-15 statistical package. ANOVA and Student t-test were used to do comparisons between groups.RESULTS: Low oral health literacy scores were reported in 60.2% (271) participants. More than 60% of the study participants had knowledge about dental terms such as ‘dental caries,’ and ‘oral cancer.’ Only 22% of the graduates had a high literacy score. Mean oral health literacy score according to educational qualification was statistically significant (p0.05).CONCLUSION: The majority of the participants had low literacy scores. There is a need to address these problems especially among rural population by health care providers and the government.KEYWORDS: Oral health, literacy, clients, knowledge, education |
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