Bakhtiar Maryam, Hosseini Seyed Mohammad, Behbahanirad Arghavan, Kamyab Amirhossein, Khani Jeihooni Ali
Department of Dental Public Health, School of Dental, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran.
BMC Oral Health. 2025 May 12;25(1):712. doi: 10.1186/s12903-025-06083-2.
Maintaining good oral and dental hygiene is one of the most crucial components of a healthy lifestyle. Health education is implemented through various techniques, such as lectures, movie screenings, printed materials, etc. This study aimed to develop a multimedia teaching instrument for oral and dental health education and assess its effectiveness in raising teenagers' knowledge and satisfaction.
the research's sample size included 70 teenagers, who were chosen randomly. The users were given access to the program before and after using the software, and its efficacy was assessed from their perspective using questionnaires. The data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics indices and analytical tests, SPSS version 26. A significance level of 0.05 was considered.
The average age and educational grade of software users were 14.49 years and 8.49 years, respectively. Before using the software, 67.76 ± 19.8% of the questions were answered correctly, while after using the software, 86.85 ± 10.21% of the questions had an accurate response. Before and after utilizing the program, there was an increase of 22.9 ± 17.8% in the mean correct response.
Useful training in the mentioned software, along with multimedia content and easy access of teenagers to the training, will facilitate and increase the speed of health education and reduce the time and cost of subsequent oral and dental health disorders.
保持良好的口腔卫生是健康生活方式的关键组成部分之一。健康教育通过多种技术实施,如讲座、电影放映、印刷材料等。本研究旨在开发一种用于口腔健康教育的多媒体教学工具,并评估其在提高青少年知识水平和满意度方面的有效性。
该研究的样本量包括70名青少年,他们是随机选择的。在使用软件前后,让用户使用该程序,并通过问卷调查从他们的角度评估其效果。使用描述性统计指标和分析测试(SPSS 26版)进行数据分析。显著性水平设定为0.05。
软件用户的平均年龄和教育年级分别为14.49岁和8.49年级。在使用软件之前,67.76±19.8%的问题回答正确,而在使用软件之后,86.85±10.21%的问题回答准确。在使用该程序前后,平均正确回答率提高了22.9±17.8%。
上述软件中的有用培训,以及多媒体内容和青少年对培训的便捷获取,将促进并加快健康教育速度,减少后续口腔健康问题的时间和成本。