An assessment of self-reported oral health behaviour of non-dental school students in Turkey/Procjena oralno-zdravstvenog ponasanja turskih studenata

• Published in: Acta stomatologica croatica Vol. 43; no. 1; p. 13
• Main Authors: Akar, Gulcan Coskun, Ozmutaf, Nezih Metin, Ozgur, Zuhal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sveuciliste U Zagrebu 01.03.2009
• Subjects: College students; Evaluation; Health aspects; Health behavior; Oral health; Turkey
• ISSN: 0001-7019; 1846-0410

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the self-reported oral health behaviours of Turkish non-dental school students. Methods: A sample of 300 students (mean age 19.0 ± 1.36)--233 females (mean age 18.7 ± 0.99), and 67 males (mean age 19.9 ± 1.88) -attending Ege University, Izmir, were randomly selected from the whole student population. Data on self-reported oral health behaviour of students were collected by a self-administered questionnaire. Results: It was observed that all the students performed oral care, 92.3% used toothbrush and toothpaste for care, and the frequency of brushing the teeth twice or more a day was 43.3%. It was determined that 34 students (11.3%) had never been to the dentist, it had been more than 1 year for 50% that they had seen a dentist, and the main reason for seeing the dentist was toothache for 29%. Female students brushed their teeth more frequently than male students (p<0.05). Compared with male students, females tended to have gingival bleeding (p<0.01), felt more pain in the wisdom tooth area (p<0.05), and they perceived more sounds in opening-closing of the mouth (p<0.05). Conclusion: Systematic oral health education programmes should be implemented in respect to all educational levels and ages, especially for the people who will work in the field of health, to support the improvement of regular oral self-care practices. Key words Oral Health; Dental Health Survey; Students Svrha istrazivanja bita je odrediti navike u odrzavanju oralne higijene kod studenata u Turskoj koji se nisu upisali na stomatologiju. Ispitanici i postupci: Iz ukupne studentske populacije na izmirskome sveucilistu Ege, nasumce je odabran uzorak od 300 upisanih (prosjecna dob 19,0 ± 1,36)--233 studentice (prosjecna dob 18,7 ± 0,99) i 67 studenata (prosjecna dob 19,9 ± 1,88). Podaci o oralno-higijenskim navikama dobiveni su iz ankete koju su studenti osobno ispunjavali. Rezultati: Pokazalo se da svi studenti obavljaju oralnu higijenu-92,3 posto koristi se cetkicom i pastom za zube, a kod 43,3 posto ispitanika cestoca cetkanja je dva ili vise puta na dan. Udjel onih koji nikada nisu posjetili stomatologa iznosio je 11,3 posto, a 50 posto ispitanih izjavilo je da su posljednji put posjetili stomatologa prije vise od godinu dana. Kao glavni razlog posjeta njih 29 posto navelo je zubobotju. Studentice su cesce cetkale zube od muskih kolega (p<0,05). U usporedbi sa studentima, one su naginjale krvarenju desni (p<0,01), cesce su osjecale bolove u predjelu umnjaka (p<0.05) te zapazale zvukove kod otvaranja i za ti varanja usta (p<0,05). Zakljucak: Kako bi se poboljsale higijenske navike, za polaznike svih razina skolovanja bez obzira na dob, posebice one koji ce se zaposliti u zanimanjima vezanima za zdravstvo, treba primijeniti sustavne programe oralnoga zdravlja. Kljucne rijeci oralno zdravlje; zubi, zdravlje, sustavno prikupljanje podataka; studenti