Tanny Liyana, Komabayashi Takashi, Long D Leann, Yahata Yoshio, Moffat Susan M, Tãne Helen
School of Dentistry and Health Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia.
College of Dental Medicine, University of New England, Portland, ME, USA.
Eur J Dent. 2016 Oct-Dec;10(4):491-495. doi: 10.4103/1305-7456.195178.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the oral health attitudes and behavior of students in the oral health curriculum in Australia and New Zealand.
The Hiroshima University - Dental Behavioral Inventory was administered to students in the first (year 1) and final years (year 3) of the oral health curriculum at Charles Sturt University in Australia and the University of Otago in New Zealand. A total of fifty-two year 1 students and forty-five year 3 students completed English version of the questionnaire in 2013. The responses were statistically analyzed by Fisher's exact tests and exact logistic regression models.
The responses of students in years 1 and 3 differed significantly for "I worry about the color of my teeth" at Charles Sturt University and at the University Otago, for "I think my teeth are getting worse despite my daily brushing," "I put off going to the dentist until I have a toothache," and "I don't feel I've brushed well unless I brush with strong strokes." The estimated odds ratios from the exact logistic regression models showed that year 1 students were more likely to agree with above-mentioned four questions.
Oral Health students who had been educated in a 3-year oral health curriculum in Australia and New Zealand had more positive attitudes and behaviors related oral health than did students at the beginning of their curriculum.
本研究旨在评估澳大利亚和新西兰口腔健康课程学生的口腔健康态度和行为。
对澳大利亚查尔斯·斯特尔特大学和新西兰奥塔哥大学口腔健康课程一年级和最后一年（三年级）的学生进行广岛大学口腔行为量表调查。2013年，共有52名一年级学生和45名三年级学生完成了英文问卷。采用Fisher精确检验和精确逻辑回归模型对回答进行统计分析。
在查尔斯·斯特尔特大学和奥塔哥大学，一年级和三年级学生在“我担心牙齿颜色”“我觉得尽管每天刷牙牙齿还是在变差”“我直到牙疼才去看牙医”以及“除非用力刷牙否则我觉得没刷好”这些问题上的回答存在显著差异。精确逻辑回归模型得出的估计优势比表明，一年级学生更有可能认同上述四个问题。
在澳大利亚和新西兰接受了三年口腔健康课程教育的口腔健康专业学生，比起课程刚开始时的学生，对口腔健康有更积极的态度和行为。
