• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.307-314
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• 2022

Objectives: This study aims to determine the relationship between sedentary behavior and oral health factors in adolescents. Methods: Based on the data from the online survey on youth health behaviors, general characteristics, sedentary behavior was classified as practiced for less than 2 hours, and not practiced for more than 2 hours, and oral health was classified brush teeth after lunch, sealant, oral symptoms. The analysis methods were complex frequency analysis, complex chi-square test, and complex logistic regression analysis. Results: In case of brush teeth after lunch during the week, those who practiced it was 1,025 times higher than those who did not practice it, and in the case of oral symptoms practice was 0.915 times lower than not practice. As a result of adjusted general characteristics, for brushing teeth after lunch during the week, practice was 1,090 times higher than no practice. Conclusions: The relationship between sedentary behavior and oral health behavior and oral symptoms could be confirmed. Therefore oral health promotion programs according to sedentary behavior are needed to promote oral health for adolescents.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.10 no.11
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• pp.251-256
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• 2020

This study aims to investigate the relationship between oral health promotion behavior and oral symptoms according to the dietary life of adolescents through the 15^th(2019) online survey of Youth Health Behavior. According to the study, the number of tooth brush(day) was significant with all dietary life, caffeine and eating habit education experience were significant with all oral health promotion behavior, use of oral health device was significant with fruit, vegetable, sealant experience was significant with fruit, fastfood, vegetable, scaling experience was significant with fruit and oral education experience was significant with fruit, soda, fastfood, vegetable. Toothbreak was significant fruit, soda, fastfood, pain and bleeding were significant with caffeine, fastfood, vegetable, eating habit education experence, bad breath was significant with fruit, caffeine, vegetable. Therefore, dietary life should be considered for the management of oral health promotion behaviors and oral symptoms of adolescents.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.197-202
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to examine the oral health promotion behavior of adolescents in an effort to help improve policy selling on oral health projects and determine how to teach teens to promote their oral health throughout their lives. The findings of the study were as follows: First, among different sons of oral health promotion behavior, they were best at improving oral nutritive conditions. Second, they differed from one another according to grade and age in improving oral nutritive conditions, and income made a difference to getting oral-related social support. Third, there was generally a significant correlation among the variables that concerned oral health promotion behavior. The effort by this study to grasp the oral health promotion behavior of teenagers is expected to provide useful information on how to encourage students to get into the right oral habit.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.308-316
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• 2020

This paper describes the relationship and influencing factors among academic stress, university life adaptation, and health promotion behaviors of health college students. Data were collected from October 2017 to May 2018 using a structural questionnaire, which was completed by 223 health college students in D metropolitan city. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, T-test, ANOVA, correlation, and multiple regression using an IBM SPSS 20.0. As a result, the mean scores were as follows: academic stress, 3.02±0.89; university life adaptation, 3.16±0.48; health promotion behavior, 2.14±0.45. Correlation analysis of the variables revealed a negative relationship between academic stress and health promotion behavior and a positive relationship between university life adaptation and health promotion behavior. The factors affecting the health promotion behavior were the economic level, satisfaction with major, academic stress, and university life adaptation, which explained approximately 37.5% of the total. In conclusion, to increase the health promotion behavior of health-related college students, it is necessary to develop programs that reduce academic stress and improve university life adaptation. In addition, systematic efforts to identify the general characteristics of the subjects are needed.

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.93-101
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• 2016

Objectives: This study aims to analyze the factors influencing on the oral health-related quality of life of migrant women in multicultural families. Methods: An interview survey was conducted through the general characteristics, oral health behaviors, and OHIPs(oral Health Impact Profiles) of 200 migrant women in multicultural families registered in multicultural family support center in Pohang. The survey was carried out from March 2 to 29, 2011. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 18.0 program. by frequency analysis, chi-square test, t-test, ANOVA, and hierarchical regression analysis. Results: Oral health promotion behavior showed statistically significant differences(p<0.01) in the number of tooth brushing and in those using oral health care supplementary device by each country. The oral health-related quality of life was significantly influenced by economic compensation, pregnancy, and the economic status of the native country(p<0.05). Conclusion: The nationwide oral health policy should be established for migrant women in multicultural family.

• Journal of Technologic Dentistry
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.14-20
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• 2023

Purpose: This study was conducted to provide basic data for a health promotion program by analyzing the effects of high school students' mental health-related factors on oral symptom experiences. Methods: This study included 24,833 high school students who participated in the screening and health survey in the "17th (2021) Adolescent Health Behavior Survey." SPSS software (SPSS Statistics ver. 21.0; IBM) was used for statistical analysis. Multiple sample logistic regression analysis was performed. The significance level was set to 0.05. Results: The result of the analysis on the effect of mental health revealed that oral symptom experience was low in students without depression and suicidal thoughts. Oral symptom experience was high in students with stress perception. Additionally, the experience of oral symptoms was low when there was sufficient subjective sleep. Conclusion: Therefore, it is necessary to develop a customized oral health education program for early detection of oral symptoms and oral health promotion in high school students. Furthermore, it suggests the need for strategies and continuous oral health guidance to practice proper oral health habits to maintain healthy oral conditions.

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.595-600
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• 2021

Objectives: For postmenopausal women who participated in the 2019 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, we aimed to provide basic data for oral health management interventions and oral policies for each life cycle of postmenopausal women by identifying the relationship between physical activity and depression on oral health behavior and awareness symptoms. Methods: The participants of this study were 1,628 menopausal women, and their general characteristics, physical activity, depression, and oral health behavior and awareness symptoms were investigated. This study used the complex sample frequency analysis, complex sample 𝞆² test, and logistic regression analysis method, which is a sample design of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Results: The factors influencing physical activity were the use of oral hygiene device and chewing difficulty. and the influencing factors of depression experience were pain and chewing difficulty. Conclusions: As a result, physical activity and depression experience should be utilized by developing and oral health program for the promotion of oral health in postmenopausal women.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.25-33
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• 2016

This study was to analyze relations between health promoting behavior and emotional labor, quality of life, and job satisfaction among 293 dental hygienists of Daegu and Kyeongbuk areas. This data was analyzed by using Spss win 12.0 program. Health promoting behavior of 10 item, The highest 3.25 points on 'I consult close people to me for my problems and worries'. Health promoting behavior according to their general characteristics, it was higher according to older age, better educational, general hospital. Emotional labor according to their general characteristics, it was high according to duration of service was short or the longest, high educational, worked at a clinic. Quality of life according to their general characteristics, it was higher according to older age, had better educational, worked at a clinic, income of 2501-3000 thousand won. Job satisfaction according to their general characteristics, it was high when they were in older age, high educational, were married, worked at a clinic, income of 2501-3000 thousand won. Health promoting behavior had positive correlations between their emotional labor, quality of life, and job satisfaction. The regression analysis results Y(Health promotion behavior)= 1.452+ 0.318(Quality of life). Therefore, To improve the quality of life of the dental hygienist should be made health promoting education.

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.193-205
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to use the result as basic resources for oral health project for elderly people. we found the needs of oral health project and perceived oral health status, oral health knowledge, attitude, behavior of elderly people. we conducted a study on 194 elderly more than 60 years living in several social welfare facility, asylum, or care centers in Jeolla province. Through self-filled questionnaires and direct interviews from December 2008 to January 2009. The obtained result were as follows. 1. In perceived oral health status, 57.7% of respondents said they have hypersensitivity and 42.8% of respondents needed denture. 2. In oral health promoting behavior, 67.0% of respondents said they didn't have any tooth brushing and 45.9% of respondents said they haven't visited to dentist for the last year. 3. In oral health knowledge, 94.8% of respondents gave correct answers on dental caries prevention but only 7.2% of respondents gave correct answers on dental caries cause. 4. In oral health attitude, 40.2% of respondents said they don't recognize the importance of oral hygiene devices. 46.9% of respondents the unnecessary to see a dentist even though they don't have toothache. 5. Needs of oral health project, 53.6% of respondents said they wanted to have a dentist come over their house. Therefore, oral health projects should have vehicles of dental treatment equipment. It is necessary to visit places where elderly people live and treat them in person. Also, it is vital to continue educate people about oral health knowledge in a systematic way to change their attitude toward oral health. Moreover, it is necessary to implement oral health promotion behavior more proactively.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.583-588
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to survey on the Health promotion behavior practice. The subjects in this study were the 158 students who were in their first, second and third year in a middle school that was selected by convenience sampling from a city in Chung-cheong province. The collected data were analyzed by the statistical package SPSS 17.0 software. After a survey was conducted in November, 2010, the following findings were given: 33.8 percent of the students had ever smoked. The group of students who suffered less stress was significantly better at every part of health care except oral health and as for the status of oral health, the group who was less stressed had less decayed teeth, and the gap between them and the others was significant. The former was better at oral health control and expressed more satisfaction with their school lives as well. Variables that affect health-promoting behaviors include mental health, which showed the greatest impact.