Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the state of smoking among adolescents and their smoking-related oral health knowledge. The subjects in this study were the teens who were selected by convenience sampling from among the students who were in their first, second and third years in four different middle schools in the city of Iksan, North Jeolla Province. A self-administered survey was conducted from June 14 to July 12, 2011, and the answer sheets from 1,219 respondents were selected for analysis. The collected data were analyzed by the statistical package 12.0, and the findings of the study were as follows: 1. The smoker students accounted for 10.6 percent. The boys and girls who smoked respectively represented 16.0 and 5.4 percent. 2. As for the period of smoking, the largest group that accounted for 51.6 percent smoked for less than a year. Concerning the amount of daily smoking, the greatest group that accounted for 91.9 percent smoked less than 10 cigarettes. As to the motivation of smoking, the biggest group that represented 52.8 percent started to smoke out of curiosity. 3. Regarding smoking-related oral health knowledge, they got a mean of 0.85. Their scores in knowledge of oral malodor(0.95), oral cavity cancer(0.94) and periodontal diseases(0.93) were above the average, and their scores in knowledge of dental caries(0.70) and blunting of taste(0.77) were below the average. 4. The seventh graders got the best score of 5.28 in smoking-related oral health knowledge(p<0.01), and the students who were more satisfied with their life had a better oral health knowledge(p<0.05). 5. The senior students were more dependent on nicotine(p<0.01), and the number of smoking days(${\beta}=0.407$, p<0.001) and the period of smoking(${\beta}=0.235$, p<0.01) affected their nicotine dependence.
본 연구는 청소년의 흡연 실태와 흡연 관련 구강건지식 수준을 파악하기 위하여 2011년 6월 14일부터 7월 12일까지 전라북도 익산시에 소재하고 있는 4개 중학교의 1, 2, 3학년 학생을 대상으로 편의표본추출법에 의한 자기기입식의 설문조사를 실시하여 1,219명의 설문지를 최종 분석에 사용하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 12.0 프로그램을 이용하여 통계분석을 실시하였으며, 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 흡연 학생은 10.6%였으며, 흡연 남학생이 16.0%, 흡연 여학생이 5.4%로 나타났다. 2. 흡연기간은 1년 미만이 51.6%로 가장 많았고, 평균 하루 흡연량은 10개피 미만이 91.9%였으며, 흡연동기로는 호기심이 52.8%로 가장 높았다. 3. 흡연 관련 구강건강지식수준은 평균 평점 0.85점 중 구취(0.95점), 구강암(0.94점), 치주질환(0.93점)에서 평균 이상으로 나타났으며, 충치(0.70점)와 미각 둔화(0.77)는 평균 이하로 나타났다. 4. 흡연구강건강지식수준은 1학년이 5.28점으로 가장 높았으며(p<0.01), 생활만족도가 높을수록 흡연 관련 구강건강지식수준이 높았다(p<0.05). 5. 니코틴의존도는 학년이 높을수록 높았고(P<0.01), 흡연 일수(${\beta}=0.407$, p<0.001)와 흡연기간(${\beta}=0.235$, p<0.01)이 니코틴의존도에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.
