The Oral health knowledge and behavior of clinical medical and dental students in a Northeastern Nigerian University
Abstract Objective: Medical and dental students as future health care professionals should be aware of oral health maintenance. Therefore, this study aimed to determine their oral health knowledge and behavior in a Northeastern Nigerian University. Materials and methods: One hundre...
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International Association for Dental Research (Nigeria Division)
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| author | Janada, Yusuf Ikhodaro, Idon Paul Ibiyemi, Olushola |
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Objective: Medical and dental students as future health care professionals should be aware of oral health maintenance. Therefore, this study aimed to determine their oral health knowledge and behavior in a Northeastern Nigerian University.
Materials and methods: One hundred and fifty clinical medical and dental students were interviewed on their age, gender, course of study, level of study, knowledge of oral health care, oral health practices and psychosocial impact of oral health using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. After completing the questionnaire, the students were examined for dental caries and oral hygiene status. The student t-test was used to compare means while the chi-square test was used to test associations between categorical variables at p<0.05.
Results: The mean (SD) age of students was 24.5 (2.70) years, males constituted 61.3%. One hundred and twenty-six (84.0%) students had good knowledge of oral health care, 97.7% and 78.5% of dental students and medical students having good knowledge respectively (p=0.003). There was no statistical significant association between socio-demographic characteristics and oral health practices of the students (p>0.05). Only age group was statistically significantly associated with psychosocial impact (p<0.05). Forty-five (30.0%) and 74 (49.3%) students had dental caries, and poor oral hygiene respectively.
Conclusions: There was a high level of good knowledge of oral health care among these Nigerian Medical and Dental students. Dental students had better knowledge of oral health care than medical students. Younger age group of students reported higher psychosocial impact of oral health care on daily activities than older ones.
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| spelling | oai:ojs2.ajoh.oauife.edu.ng:article-542019-10-25T08:39:51Z The Oral health knowledge and behavior of clinical medical and dental students in a Northeastern Nigerian University Janada, Yusuf Ikhodaro, Idon Paul Ibiyemi, Olushola Abstract Objective: Medical and dental students as future health care professionals should be aware of oral health maintenance. Therefore, this study aimed to determine their oral health knowledge and behavior in a Northeastern Nigerian University. Materials and methods: One hundred and fifty clinical medical and dental students were interviewed on their age, gender, course of study, level of study, knowledge of oral health care, oral health practices and psychosocial impact of oral health using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. After completing the questionnaire, the students were examined for dental caries and oral hygiene status. The student t-test was used to compare means while the chi-square test was used to test associations between categorical variables at p<0.05. Results: The mean (SD) age of students was 24.5 (2.70) years, males constituted 61.3%. One hundred and twenty-six (84.0%) students had good knowledge of oral health care, 97.7% and 78.5% of dental students and medical students having good knowledge respectively (p=0.003). There was no statistical significant association between socio-demographic characteristics and oral health practices of the students (p>0.05). Only age group was statistically significantly associated with psychosocial impact (p<0.05). Forty-five (30.0%) and 74 (49.3%) students had dental caries, and poor oral hygiene respectively. Conclusions: There was a high level of good knowledge of oral health care among these Nigerian Medical and Dental students. Dental students had better knowledge of oral health care than medical students. Younger age group of students reported higher psychosocial impact of oral health care on daily activities than older ones. International Association for Dental Research (Nigeria Division) 2019-09-11 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ajoh.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ajoh/article/view/54 African Journal of Oral Health; Vol 9 No 1 (2019): Vol 9 No 1; 36-45 0189-5710 0189-5710 eng https://ajoh.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ajoh/article/view/54/30 Copyright (c) 2019 African Journal of Oral Health |
| spellingShingle | Janada, Yusuf Ikhodaro, Idon Paul Ibiyemi, Olushola The Oral health knowledge and behavior of clinical medical and dental students in a Northeastern Nigerian University |
| title | The Oral health knowledge and behavior of clinical medical and dental students in a Northeastern Nigerian University |
| title_full | The Oral health knowledge and behavior of clinical medical and dental students in a Northeastern Nigerian University |
| title_fullStr | The Oral health knowledge and behavior of clinical medical and dental students in a Northeastern Nigerian University |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Oral health knowledge and behavior of clinical medical and dental students in a Northeastern Nigerian University |
| title_short | The Oral health knowledge and behavior of clinical medical and dental students in a Northeastern Nigerian University |
| title_sort | oral health knowledge and behavior of clinical medical and dental students in a northeastern nigerian university |
| url | https://ajoh.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ajoh/article/view/54 |
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