Khami Mohammad R, Virtanen Jorma I, Jafarian Mohammad, Murtomaa Heikki
Dept. of Oral Public Health, Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Oral Health Prev Dent. 2006;4(4):265-71.
To investigate oral health behaviour and smoking habits among academic staff members in Iran's dental schools in relation to their personal and academic background characteristics.
Out of 15 state dental schools, seven were selected randomly as clusters. All of the educators who were present (total n = 363) were asked to voluntarily fill in a self-administered pre-tested questionnaire. In addition to background and academic characteristics, the questionnaire requested information on smoking habits, oral self-care, and dental check-ups. Recommended oral self-care was defined as brushing at least twice a day and frequent use of fluoridated toothpaste. Chi-square test and binary logistic regression model served for statistical analyses.
A total of 291 educators filled in the questionnaire (response rate = 80%). Women reported higher frequencies of brushing (p = 0.001), use of fluoridated toothpaste (p = 0.002), flossing (p < 0.01) and eating sugary snacks (p = 0.01) compared with men. Habitual cigarette and pipe smoking was reported by 22% and 3% of male educators respectively. Familiarity with the field of oral public health correlated to higher frequencies of brushing (p = 0.05) and flossing (p = 0.03). Smoker educators reported less favourable oral self-care habits than non-smokers. Female gender (p = 0.002, OR = 2.7) and familiarity with the oral public health field (p < 0.01, OR = 2.5) were associated with recommended oral self-care criteria.
Dental educators should have positive attitudes towards and beliefs in effectiveness of preventive dentistry in order to increase public awareness of its importance.
调查伊朗牙科院校学术人员的口腔健康行为和吸烟习惯，并分析其与个人及学术背景特征的关系。
从15所国立牙科学校中随机选取7所作为群组。要求所有在场的教育工作者（共363人）自愿填写一份经过预测试的自填式问卷。除了背景和学术特征外，问卷还询问了吸烟习惯、口腔自我护理和牙齿检查等信息。推荐的口腔自我护理定义为每天至少刷牙两次并频繁使用含氟牙膏。采用卡方检验和二元逻辑回归模型进行统计分析。
共有291名教育工作者填写了问卷（回复率 = 80%）。与男性相比，女性报告的刷牙频率（p = 0.001）、使用含氟牙膏频率（p = 0.002）、使用牙线频率（p < 0.01）和食用含糖零食频率（p = 0.01）更高。分别有22%的男性教育工作者和3%的男性教育工作者报告有习惯性吸烟和吸斗烟的习惯。对口腔公共卫生领域的熟悉程度与更高的刷牙频率（p = 0.05）和使用牙线频率（p = 0.03）相关。吸烟的教育工作者报告的口腔自我护理习惯不如非吸烟者。女性（p = 0.002，OR = 2.7）和对口腔公共卫生领域的熟悉程度（p < 0.01，OR = 2.5）与推荐的口腔自我护理标准相关。
牙科教育工作者应积极看待预防牙科的有效性并坚信其作用，以提高公众对其重要性的认识。
