Conceptual knowledge of oral health among school teachers in South India, India
| Autor: | Bhat Manohar, Nusrath Fareed, P Jagan, Sanjeev Khanagar, Hemanth Battur |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Significant difference education 030206 dentistry Oral health World health 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences School teachers 0302 clinical medicine Family medicine school teachers medicine Oral health knowledge oral health status Cluster sampling Original Article oral health literacy Psychology General Dentistry |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Dentistry |
| ISSN: | 1305-7464 1305-7456 |
| Popis: | Objective: To measure conceptual oral health knowledge among school teachers using comprehensive measure of oral health knowledge (CMOHK) instrument. Materials and Methods: A total of 240 school teachers drawn through cluster random sampling from across Sullia taluk. Conceptual knowledge was assessed using Comprehensive measure of oral health knowledge questionnaire. Oral health status was recorded on a World Health Organization oral health assessment Proforma. Results: Overall distribution of CMOHK scores revealed that 106(44%) subjects had good conceptual oral health knowledge, 81(33.7%) subjects had fair and 53(22%) subjects were categorized under poor conceptual knowledge respectively. Statistically significant difference was observed for mean scores for conceptual knowledge in relation to gender (12.8v/s 15.3), in terms of type of school teachers (14.4 v/s 11.2) and in relation to age of the subjects. Primary school teachers exhibited a consistently better CMOHK scores 0.003(0.001-0.011) compared to their high school counterparts 0.003(0.001-0.012). Conclusion: The mean CMOHK score of this group was 12.5±1.3 and is considered to be fair. There is an inverse association between age, educational levels and income in relation to CMOHK scores. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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