Jagan P, Fareed Nusrath, Battur Hemanth, Khanagar Sanjeev, Manohar Bhat
1Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sri Ramakrishna Dental College and Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India.
Department of Public Health Dentistry, KVG Dental College and Hospital, Sullia (D.K.), Karnataka, India.
Eur J Dent. 2018 Jan-Mar;12(1):43-48. doi: 10.4103/ejd.ejd_93_17.
To measure conceptual oral health knowledge among school teachers using comprehensive measure of oral health knowledge (CMOHK) instrument.
A total of 240 school teachers drawn through cluster random sampling from across Sullia taluk. Conceptual knowledge was assessed using Comprehensive measure of oral health knowledge questionnaire. Oral health status was recorded on a World Health Organization oral health assessment Proforma.
Overall distribution of CMOHK scores revealed that 106(44%) subjects had good conceptual oral health knowledge, 81(33.7%) subjects had fair and 53(22%) subjects were categorized under poor conceptual knowledge respectively. Statistically significant difference was observed for mean scores for conceptual knowledge in relation to gender (12.8v/s 15.3), in terms of type of school teachers (14.4 v/s 11.2) and in relation to age of the subjects. Primary school teachers exhibited a consistently better CMOHK scores 0.003(0.001-0.011) compared to their high school counterparts 0.003(0.001-0.012).
The mean CMOHK score of this group was 12.5±1.3 and is considered to be fair. There is an inverse association between age, educational levels and income in relation to CMOHK scores.
使用口腔健康知识综合测量（CMOHK）工具来测量学校教师的概念性口腔健康知识。
通过整群随机抽样从苏利亚镇抽取了240名学校教师。使用口腔健康知识综合测量问卷评估概念性知识。在世界卫生组织口腔健康评估表格上记录口腔健康状况。
CMOHK分数的总体分布显示，106名（44%）受试者具有良好的概念性口腔健康知识，81名（33.7%）受试者知识水平中等，53名（22%）受试者的概念性知识较差。在概念性知识的平均分数方面，观察到与性别（12.8对15.3）、学校教师类型（14.4对11.2）以及受试者年龄相关的统计学显著差异。与高中教师相比，小学教师的CMOHK分数始终更高，分别为0.003（0.001 - 0.011）和0.003（0.001 - 0.012）。
该组的平均CMOHK分数为12.5±1.3，被认为是中等水平。在年龄、教育水平和收入与CMOHK分数之间存在负相关。
