Abstract

The purpose of this study was to delve into the factors associated with the oral health promotion behaviors of college students. The subjects in this study were 453 students who attended three different colleges in Gyeonggi province. After a survey was conducted, the collected data were analyzed with SPSSWIN 12.0 program. The findings of the study were as follows: 1. Concerning the basic oral health care of college students, 54.1 percent had ever visited dental clinics over the last year, and 53.4 percent hadn't received any preventive treatment during the same period of time. 2. As to their self-perception of oral health status, 80.1 percent didn't find themselves to be in good oral health. 3. Regarding the influence of their general characteristics, their self-efficacy was statistically significantly different according to their gender (p = .022). Their control of oral health varied statistically significantly with their major(p = .000), and whether or not they smoked (p = .004) made a statistically significant difference to that as well. Their oral health knowledge differed statistically significantly with their gender (p = .000), major(p = .000) and age group(p = .000), and whether or not they smoked(p = .006) made a statistically significant difference to that as well. 4. As for correlation among the variables, better oral health promotion behaviors were found among those whose self-efficacy was higher, whose control of oral health was better and who had more knowledge on oral health. 5. Preventive treatment, control of oral health and self-efficacy were identified as the variable that affected their oral health promotion behaviors.

본 연구는 대학생들의 구강건강증진행위에 관련된 요인을 알아보기 위해 경기지역에 위치한 3개 대학의 학생 453명을 대상으로 설문조사 하였으며, SPSSWIN 12.0을 이용하여 분석한 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 대학생들의 기초구강건강관리실태에서 1년이내 치과방문경험 유무는 '있다' 54.1%, 예방치료유무는 '없다' 53.4%로 나타났다. 2. 대학생들의 현재구강건강상태에 대한 자각정도는 80.1%가 건강하지 않다고 생각하는 것으로 나타났다. 3. 일반적 특성에 따른 차이에 있어서 자기효능감은 성별(p = .022)에서, 구강건강통제위는 전공(p = .000), 흡연유무(p = .004)와, 구강보건지식은 성별(p = .000), 전공(p = .000),연령구분(p = .000), 흡연유무(p = .006)에 따라 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 나타냈다. 4. 각 변수들간의 상관관계는 자기효능감, 구강건강통제위, 구강보건지식이 높아질수록 구강건강증진행위가 높아지는 것으로 나타났다. 5. 구강건강증진행위에 영향을 미치는 변수로는 예방치료유무, 구강건강통제위, 자기효능감이 영향을 미치는 변수로 나타났다.

Keywords

• Self-efficiency;
• Control of oral health;
• Knowledge of oral health;
• Oral health promotion behaviors