Tadin Antonija, Poljak Guberina Renata, Domazet Josipa, Gavic Lidia
Department of Restorative Dental Medicine and Endodontics, School of Medicine, University of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia.
Department of Prosthetic Dental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Split, 21000 Split, Croatia.
Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Feb 21;10(2):406. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10020406.
Knowledge of oral health is a fundamental prerequisite for healthy behavior, allowing individuals to take measures to protect their overall health. This cross-sectional study aimed to examine the knowledge of oral health as well as to assess the oral hygiene habits among healthcare and non-healthcare students.
The study was based on a questionnaire and was conducted among 1088 students. Most of the students, 67.6% were non-healthcare students. Data were processed by Mann-Whitney or Kruskal-Wallis one-way ANOVA test.
The correct median score and interquartile range were 11 (9-13) for all surveyed students, 11 (9-12) for students in non-healthcare programs and 13 (11-14) for students in healthcare programs. Students did not significantly differ in the knowledge of oral health by gender ( = 0.082) but did differ by age, study program, and year of study ( ≤ 0.001). Students whose family members work in the field of dental medicine also showed better oral health knowledge ( ≤ 0.001).
The results showed good oral health knowledge among tested university students. However, it is important to emphasize that students who showed better knowledge more often used additional aids to maintain oral hygiene; therefore, the obtained data underline the importance of students' further education in order to better understand and maintain oral health.
口腔健康知识是健康行为的基本前提，它使个人能够采取措施保护自身整体健康。这项横断面研究旨在调查口腔健康知识，并评估医护专业学生和非医护专业学生的口腔卫生习惯。
该研究基于一份问卷，对1088名学生进行了调查。大多数学生（67.6%）是非医护专业学生。数据采用曼-惠特尼或克鲁斯卡尔-沃利斯单向方差分析进行处理。
所有被调查学生的正确中位数得分及四分位间距为11（9 - 13），非医护专业课程的学生为11（9 - 12），医护专业课程的学生为13（11 - 14）。学生在口腔健康知识方面按性别无显著差异（P = 0.082），但按年龄、学习课程和学习年份有差异（P≤0.001）。家庭成员从事牙科医学领域工作的学生也表现出更好的口腔健康知识（P≤0.001）。
结果显示受试大学生具备良好的口腔健康知识。然而，必须强调的是，知识掌握较好的学生更常使用额外的辅助工具来保持口腔卫生；因此，所获数据凸显了学生继续教育对于更好地理解和保持口腔健康的重要性。
