Investigation of the Oral Health Care Behavior and Needs of Oral Health Education in Adults of Tainan County
| Autor: | Yeh-Chun Lin, 林冶純 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 92 Background： In the past, all research about oral hygiene has specified its own particular district and chosen cases, and there has been no research aimed at Tainan County. In this research, we adapted a household survey and focused on adult residents (over 18-year-old) who live in Tainan County． Objective： In this survey, we investigated present status and relativities between oral-hygienic behavior and demands of health education, and derive the difference from different areas. Method： The study design was a stratified multi-stage cluster sampling with selection probability proportional to size (PPS). There were totally 421 questionnaires returned, and the male/female ratio was 218 (51.76%)/ 203 (48.24%), respectively. We analyzed our data by using descriptive, inferential statistics, and multiple regressions. Result： In our research, we had following findings: A. Oral-hygienic behavior and demography characteristics: 56.1% of participants brushed their teeth twice a day (day and night), and we found higher frequencies at the groups of age between 18-34, single, well-educated (senior high school or above), professionals. We also found that the prevalence rate of teeth brushing of the plain area residents was higher than mountainous residents (48.8%). There was 51.2% brushing their teeth for more than 3 minutes, and 82.0% people had a mouth washing habit after meals. There were 47.5% who cleaned their teeth by using both a toothbrush and a toothpick, and only 29.2% use dental floss (most of them were at the age between 18 to 34, single, education with senior high school or above, and professionals). About 57.4% brushed their teeth by the horizontal brushing method, and especially 79.1% in mountainous area. There was only 16.5% adapted the Bass method. B. Dental visit behaviors and demography characteristics: Only 13.9% visited dental clinics regularly. Less than half (48.6%) visited their dentists twice a year. There was 77.9% visiting dentists only when having toothache or feeling uncomfortable. There was 66% not having any dental visits within one year because of no toothache. We also found that the mountainous residents felt expensive and inconvenient to visit a dentist. There were 73.2% who think they need to strengthen their knowledge of oral hygiene. However, there were obvious less need of those more than 65 years old, elementary school educated or less, semi or non-techniques. The ways from which these participants wish to obtain knowledge of oral hygiene were: 1. By delivering information to their home (64.5%) 2. Through mass media (53.4%) 3. Hospitals and clinics (36.7%) 4. Community lecture (20.4%) 5. Internet (11.8%) The information of oral-hygiene these participants wish to obtain in sequence: 1. Dental care (75.5%) 2. Periodontitis prevention (56.4%) 3. Decayed tooth prevention (47.6%) 4. Self-oral checking (44.5%) 5. Accurate teeth brushing method (37.7%) 6. Dental care for infants and toddlers (27.6%) Conclusion： We concluded that with differences between demography characteristics and originality, the oral hygiene behavior of people in Tainan County differed with other research. We also found that they showed their needs to strengthen their oral hygiene education through different ways. |
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