卢旺达胡耶区中学生的口腔健康知识、态度和实践。

Knowledge, attitude and practices towards oral health among secondary school students in Huye district, Rwanda.

机构信息

Public Health, Rwanda polytechnic, Huye.

Public Health, Mount Kenya University, Kigali-Kicukiro-Rwanda, Thika, Central Kenya.

出版信息

Afr Health Sci. 2024 Mar;24(1):250-261. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v24i1.30.

DOI:10.4314/ahs.v24i1.30

PMID:38962326

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11217848/

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Good oral health knowledge is considered to be crucial for health-related practices and better oral hygiene.

OBJECTIVE

This study was aimed to assess knowledge, attitudes and practices towards oral health among secondary student in Huye district.

METHODS

A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 386 students from public secondary schools with advanced level. Boarding secondary schools were excluded. Stratified Clustering sampling technique was used for selecting study participants. A closed ended questionnaire was used for collecting data. Results were found on the basis of percentage and frequency using SPSS 21.0 version.

RESULTS

The majority of participants, 222 (57.5%) were female and 164 (42.5%) were male. The majority of the participants, 168 (43.5%) were between 15-17 years old. Out of the total population of students 1.8% had good knowledge, 56.2% had average knowledge and 42% had poor knowledge about oral health. Moreover, 56.2% had negative and 43.8% had positive oral health attitudes and overall practice towards oral hygiene of students showed that 74.6 % had poor practice and 24.4% had good practices.

CONCLUSION

Oral hygiene has to be long life practice and oral health education have to be included as part of the school environment.

摘要

背景

良好的口腔健康知识被认为对与健康相关的行为和更好的口腔卫生至关重要。

目的

本研究旨在评估胡耶区中学生对口腔健康的知识、态度和实践。

方法

对具有高级水平的公立中学的 386 名学生进行了横断面调查。排除了寄宿制中学。采用分层聚类抽样技术选择研究参与者。使用封闭式问卷收集数据。使用 SPSS 21.0 版本基于百分比和频率得出结果。

结果

大多数参与者，222 名（57.5%）为女性，164 名（42.5%）为男性。大多数参与者，168 名（43.5%）年龄在 15-17 岁之间。在学生总人数中，1.8%具有良好的口腔健康知识，56.2%具有平均水平的知识，42%具有较差的口腔健康知识。此外，56.2%的学生对口腔健康持有消极态度，43.8%的学生持有积极态度，学生整体的口腔卫生实践表明，74.6%的学生口腔卫生习惯较差，24.4%的学生口腔卫生习惯较好。