Knowledge, Attitude And Practice Of Oral Hygiene Among Unimas Undergraduate Students In Rafflesia College
Background: Oral health is essential as it play major roles in our daily life to chew, talk and socialize with people. Maintenance of oral health can be achieved by implementing the practice of oral hygiene. Objectives: The objectives were to assess the level of knowledge of oral hygiene in re...
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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
2023
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| Summary: | Background: Oral health is essential as it play major roles in our daily life to chew,
talk and socialize with people. Maintenance of oral health can be achieved by
implementing the practice of oral hygiene. Objectives: The objectives were to assess
the level of knowledge of oral hygiene in relation to oral health, attitude towards oral
hygiene, the practice of oral hygiene as well as to investigate the relationships between
knowledge, attitude and practice. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was
carried out by using self-administered questionnaire, which targeted to UNIMAS
undergraduate students who stay in Rafflesia College. The sampling method was simple
random sampling. There were six questions to assess the knowledge of oral hygiene, 11
questions to assess the attitude and nine questions to assess the practice of oral hygiene
Data analysis was done by using SPSS to perform descriptive analysis and Spearman’s
correlation coefficient test. Results: 340 students participated in the study (250 females,
90 males). The level of knowledge of oral hygiene was grouped into two, 62.6% (n =
213) students in ‘poor knowledge’ group whereas 37.4% (n =127) in ‘good knowledge’
group. Secondly, 48.5% (n = 165) students were grouped into ‘positive attitude’ group
whereas 51.5% (n = 175) in ‘negative attitude’ group. Third, 35.6% (n = 121) students
were grouped into ‘adequate practice’ group whereas 64.4% (n = 219) in ‘inadequate
practice’ group. The correlation between the three variables revealed weak positive
relationships, which knowledge-attitude (rS = 0.214), knowledge-practice (rS = 0.124)
and attitude-practice (rS= 0.141). Conclusion: The results suggested that the knowledge
and practice of oral hygiene were inadequate but the attitude was fair. |
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