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The Association between Recommendation of Sugar-free Oral Medicines and the Knowledge, Attitude, Awareness regarding Oral Health in Korean Pharmacists  

Bae, Soo-myoung (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Dentistry, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
Shin, Sun-Jung (Department of Dental Hygiene, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University)
Jung, Se-Hwan (Department of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Gangneung-Wonju National University & Research Institute of Oral Science)
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Journal of dental hygiene science / v.11, no.5, 2011 , pp. 417-422 More about this Journal
Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess the association between recommendation of sugar-free oral medicines and the knowledge, attitude and awareness regarding oral health in Korean pharmacists. A total of 223 pharmacists were invited to participate, and the response rate was 67.7%(n=151). Chi-square test and Logistic regression models were conducted using SPSS 18.0K for Windows(Version 18.0, SPSS Inc, USA). Pharmacists with high scores oral health knowledge or awareness more have recommended of sugar-free oral medicines compared to pharmacists with low scores oral health attitude or awareness. We found that oral health attitude and awareness was significantly associated with recommendation of sugar-free oral medicines of pharmacists. Future research is required to develop oral health education program for the role of pharmacist as an oral health adviser.
Keywords
Oral health attitude; Oral health awareness; Oral health knowledge; Pharmacist; Sugar-free oral medicine;
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