Oral health knowledge and practices of clinical medical and dental students in a North- Eastern Nigerian University
| Autor: | O Ibiyemi, Y Janada, I.P. Ikhodaro |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Younger age Activities of daily living business.industry Cross-sectional study education Oral health Test (assessment) stomatognathic diseases Family medicine Automotive Engineering Health care Chi-square test Medicine business Oral health knowledge behaviour medical dental students Nigeria Psychosocial |
| Zdroj: | African Journal of Oral Health; Vol 9, No 1 (2019); 36-45 |
| ISSN: | 0189-5710 |
| DOI: | 10.4314/ajoh.v9i1.5 |
| Popis: | Objective: Medical and dental students as future health care professionals should be aware of adequate oral health care. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the knowledge and practices of oral health of clinical medical and dental students in a North-Eastern Nigerian University.Methods: Cross sectional study involving 150 students, comprising 107 medical and 43 dental students. They were interviewed on knowledge of oral health care, oral health practices and psychosocial impact of oral health using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. The students were further examined for dental caries and their oral hygiene status. The Student t-test was used to compare means while Chisquare test was used to test associations between categorical variables at p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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