Asawa Kailash, Chaturvedi Pulkit, Tak Mridula, Nagarajappa Ramesh, Bhat Nagesh, Bapat Salil, Gupta Vivek, Jalihal Sagar
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Pacific Dental College & Hospital, Debari, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Rama Dental College and Hospital, Kanpur, UP, India.
Ethiop J Health Sci. 2014 Oct;24(4):291-8. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v24i4.3.
There are several factors which influence oral hygiene behavior of an individual. Educational achievements, career aspirations and achievement motives of individuals are some of those factors. The objective of this study was to investigate whether educational achievements, career aspirations and achievement motives have associations with oral hygiene behavior among dental students of Udaipur, India.
A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among all (n=200) 1st year dental students from all dental colleges of Udaipur City, India. Self-administered structured questions were used to assess their educational achievements, career aspirations and oral hygiene behavior (OHB). Achievement motives were assessed using Achievement Motive Scale developed by Lang and Fries (2006). Chi-square test and multivariate logistic regression tests were used in data analysis. Confidence level and level of significance were set at 95% and 5% respectively.
Students with better educational achievements undergone regular dental check-up (30.48%) (p=0.03) and used other oral hygiene aids (90.24%) (p=0.01). Tooth brushing frequency, time and replacement time of tooth brush were found to be significantly associated with career aspiration (p=0.007; p=0.002; p=0.00 respectively). Achievement motives did not have statistically significant association with oral hygiene behavior.
Educational achievements and career aspirations appear to be associated with oral hygiene behavior of young dental students. Students with higher career aspirations practiced better oral hygiene behavior. There was no significant relationship between achievement motives and oral hygiene behavior.
有几个因素会影响个人的口腔卫生行为。个人的教育成就、职业抱负和成就动机就是其中一些因素。本研究的目的是调查印度乌代布尔的牙科学生的教育成就、职业抱负和成就动机是否与口腔卫生行为有关。
对印度乌代布尔市所有牙科学院的所有（n = 200）一年级牙科学生进行了描述性横断面研究。使用自行填写的结构化问题来评估他们的教育成就、职业抱负和口腔卫生行为（OHB）。使用Lang和Fries（2006年）编制的成就动机量表来评估成就动机。数据分析采用卡方检验和多因素逻辑回归检验。置信水平和显著性水平分别设定为95%和5%。
教育成就较好的学生定期进行牙齿检查的比例为30.48%（p = 0.03），使用其他口腔卫生辅助工具的比例为90.24%（p = 0.01）。刷牙频率、时间和牙刷更换时间与职业抱负显著相关（p分别为0.007、0.002、0.00）。成就动机与口腔卫生行为没有统计学上的显著关联。
教育成就和职业抱负似乎与年轻牙科学生的口腔卫生行为有关。职业抱负较高的学生口腔卫生行为更好。成就动机与口腔卫生行为之间没有显著关系。
