• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.361-367
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• 2009

This study was conducted to know oral maxillofacial symptoms accroding to dental fear and dental use behavior. 334 persons Older than junior high school students in Daegu, South Korea who visited to dental clinic were targeted From March 1.2008 to March 15, 2008. Statistics tool was SPSS 12.0 for Windows. General characteristics and response degree according to oral maxillofacial symptoms was analyzed by frequency study. Fear and difference according to oral maxillofacial symptoms we re conducted by T-test and One-Way ANOVA. Correlation analysis was used to verify relation between fear and oral maxillofacial symptoms. Results are followings. 1. Women felt fear higher than men did. Persons who were older felt fear higher and these were statistically related. 2. Extraoral external was 62.9%, hightest on the symptoms response degree according to oral maxillofacial symptoms. Feeling back side of the head on the strain and neck was stiff on the items were high. 3. Oral maxillofacial symptoms were high in the case when they had regular inspection, experience of scaling, experience of anesthesia and visited to the clinic often. And. Two cases(having regular inspection and visiting to the clinic often) were statistically related. Conclusion: Each pan of oral maxillofacial symptoms in the high fear group according to oral maxillofacial symptoms and it was all statistically related. And, fear and each oral maxillofacial pains were positively related and it was statistically related.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.16 no.8
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• pp.81-89
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• 2016

This study performed an investigation to determine the impact of the oral health status and oral health behavior of pregnant women on quality of life and analyzed the results. The data was tested using the Shapiro-Wilk normality test for the key measuring parameters by using PASW Statistics 18.0. There were significant differences in subjective oral health status and oral health interest had significant differences depending on the period of in pregnancy. 46.5% of surveyed subjects considered themselves as 'healthy', and 51.2% considered their oral health status was 'healthy' while 57.5 responded they were interested in the oral health. As for the quality of life according to the oral health behaviors, when the subjects did not have any experience of receiving oral health education, when the tooth brushings were ${\leq}3$ times, when they had not received examination on a regular basis, and when they had no experience of scaling, the quality of life was very low. Significant impact variables on the OHIP-14 include longer pregnancy term, no experience of childbirth, subjective health status and poorer subjective oral health status, and the low health-related quality of life. In this study, it was considered as necessary to develop improved oral health education programs because the oral health-related quality of life was closely associated with oral health and oral health behaviors perceived subjectively.

• Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.125-142
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to Baekje Cultural Festival development & reform measure by using tourist behavior characteristic of using a correspondence analysis. This study searches choice attributes factors to compare and analyzes satisfaction with importance of each regional culture festival based on choice attributes factor to grasp main tourists' behavioral character about visitors of Buyeo baekje cultural festival that can be called representative regional cultural festival in Korea. Also, execute confrontation agreement test that is kind of multidimensional scaling, wish to examine preference by age and by companion of Buyeo baekje cultural festivals that is regional unique festival, and contribute attract foreign tourist to korea enlargement. And analyze through multiple regression analysis whether festival choice attributes factor exerts effect that is some in revisiting intention, I wish to consider desirable development and improvement plan that can analyze problem by this strength and weakness, raise more attractive foreign tourist to korea and incomes in Buyeo baekje cultural festival hereafter.

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.469-479
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to prevent the oral disease and to improve the oral sanitation by investigating the behavior on the awareness of oral health aimed at the residents who lives in the Yeongdong-gun, Choongbuk, Korea. This study was carried out from September 26th to September 27th of 2006 and surveyed aim at 176 persons of residents of Yeongdong-gun. The results of this study can be utilized as a base data of program development on the oral health education of sectional residents and can be reached at the following conclusions. 1. The number of residents who have not experienced oral health education takes possession of 67.5% for men and 48.4% for women, the path how to learn of oral health education holds 67.7% for men and 51.6% for women(p<0.001). In case of the content of oral health education, prothodontics treatment is predominantly showed up as 60.2% for men and 44.2% for women(p<0.01). 2. The number of residents who has visited the dental clinics within 6 months holds 52.4% for men and 27.3% for women(p<0.01). With regard to the number of residents who has visited the dental clinics on the purpose of prevention(examination) of oral disease within 1 year, 'not experienced' showed up no differences as 52.4% for men and 57.6% for women. In case of the number of residents who has experienced prothodontic and conservative treatment, scaling is extremely much as 37.6% for men and 52.6% for women(p<0.05). 3. In case of brushing teeth, 2 times a day is the first rank of 52.3% on the frequency of toothbrushing and the time when brush your teeth after breakfast, lunch and dinner is 22.2%, 16.5% and 20.3% respectively. Below 2 minutes is 64.7% and over 3 minutes is 10.3% on how long do you brush your teeth. With regard to the method on how to brush teeth, `up, down & across' is the first rank of 35.2%. In case of utilization of oral hygiene utensils, the number of resident who is `not used' occupies 62.5%. 4. In the knowledge of oral health, 60.7% of residents replied that the cause of dental carious is the infection by the bacteria. The relationship between the smoking and oral health, 50.5% of them replied `Not relevant' and 33.6% of them replied `Relevant'. The average point of the correct response rate of 9 items related with the knowledge of oral health is merely showed up as 3.39 point. Therefore, it shows up that the knowledge and education related with the prevention of oral disease is much deficient.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.8
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• pp.265-272
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the dental screening and health care behaviors for 17810 residents of Gyeongsangnam-do province using the data of the community health survey conducted in 2014. The SPSS ver. 23.0 statistical program was used. The residents were male, aged 30-49 years, city dwellers, their final education level was college or higher, their income was more than 600 KRW monthly, and they had a lot of experience of dental screening. In terms of oral health care, scaling, brushing after eating, brushing before going to bed, and brushing more than 4 times a day were found in the dental screening. In terms of health care, the levels of drinking, without chronic diseases, self-rated health and self-rated oral health were high when the residents had experience of dental screening(p<0.001). Therefore, it is necessary to establish a plan to improve the oral examination rate, because the level of dental screening is related to the levels of subjective health awareness and chronic diseases and lifestyle, and it is necessary to develop an education program to improve the awareness of the need for regular dental screening.

• Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.149-158
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to examine relation of oral health awareness, knowledge and behavior in department dental hygiene, health-related majors and health-unrelated majors in attempt to provide basic data of oral health promotion and oral health education. This study were 591 female H university students in Gwangju. The interests of oral health, the recognition of importance for oral health, and recognition of one's own oral health status were highest in dental hygiene students, followed by health-unrelated majors and health-related majors. The level of oral health knowledge by the major was highest in dental hygiene students(9.73), followed by health-related majors(9.14) and health-unrelated majors(9.05). In the oral health behavior by major, students who brushed more than three times a day, used the oral care products and received regular dental examinations within 1 year were the highest in the dental hygiene major, followed by health-related majors and health-unrelated majors. The experience of scaling within 1 year was the highest in the dental hygiene major, followed by health-related majors and health-unrelated majors. The higher the oral health knowledge, increased awareness of oral health concern and the importance of oral health. Also, the higher the degree of interest in oral health, the greater the recognition that oral health is important and the more the oral health condition is perceived as healthy, It was found that the number of brushing increased. In this results, the higher the oral health knowledge, the higher the oral health awareness and the oral health behavior. It is necessary to find ways to develop or utilize various oral health education for university students.

• Journal of agricultural medicine and community health
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.31-48
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• 2003

Objectives: This study evaluated the status of Health-related Behavior in residents from rural areas. A self-administered questionnaire was given to 1,754 people (men; 633 persons, women; 1,121 persons) in rural areas aged over 30 years and under 80 years in Buk-myeon, Uljin-gun and Gigye-myeon, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do in 2001 and 2002. Methods: The collected data was analyzed using a chi-square test after an age-adjusted and a chi-square trend test. The data was analyzed using a SPSS/win ver. 10.0. Results: The age-adjusted prevalence of the individual unhealthy behavior according to sex was 56.1% in men and 6.8% in women with regard to smoking; 65.4% and 21.6% with regard to drinking; 72.6% and 76.6% with regard to non-exercise on a regular basis; 23.3% and 28.2 with regard to an obese body mass index; 61.5% and 71.1% with regard to non-scaling in the dental service. The rate of alcohol and tobacco consumption increased with increasing age in both men and women (p<0.01). The age-adjusted proportion in the non-screening examination for stomach cancer according to sex was 49.3% in men and 51.4% in women; 64.0% and 70.7% in liver cancer; 88.9% and 87.5% in colon cancer; 58.3% and 59.1% in undergoing a medical health screening. Conclusions: It is essential for health educators to promote Health-related Behavior in residents in rural areas. In addition, it is expected that the health status of residents in rural areas will improve through efforts to encourage them to take more interest in a healthier lifestyle.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.211-217
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to investigate into company workers' general characteristics and their awareness or oral health examinations. Answer sheets for questionnaire for 267 industrial workers at Changwon city, Korea, were collected and analyzed using SPSS 12.0. Among workers who haven't visited a dental clinic for last one year, 75.6% of them didn't have dental caries. 74.0% of workers who haven't received dental scaling didn't have dental caries. 84.4% of workers who thought of themselves as having good oral health had good oral health and none of them had dental caries. 9.1% of people who had dental caries of 4 or more had bad breath. 73.4% of workers didn't need to treat dental caries, while scaling in 57.7% of them was required. To reform and improve of the system, incremental dental health care system for industrial workers is needed. Oral health education is needed to increase the motivation of industrial workers to control their basic disease.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.115-120
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to utilize it as a basic data for local self-government in each region to plan and perform the oral health program targeting children and mothers as guardian. Data had been obtained by using children's oral examination and mothers' self-reported questionnaire method from June 1 to June 30 in 2007 targeting kindergartens where are located in the region of Hwaseong city. The survey was conducted targeting totally 239 people. Its results are as follows. 1. The healthy-tooth rate in the whole children accounted for 79.12%, thus girls were indicated to be a little higher with 80.36% than boys with 78.13%. Carious-tooth rate showed 8.74% for boys and 6.07% for girls. The dental-caries experience treatment rate showed 11.37% for boys and 12.59% for girls. 2. The index of children at age 5, df rate was 39.3% in the whole, thereby having been indicated that boys with 41.3% are higher than girls with 37.2%. Even dft index is showing the higher index in boys with 3.9 than girls with 3.2. 3. As a result of examining mothers' oral-health behavior, mothers with out employment thought the self oral-health state to be good(p = 0.002). In appearance of scaling experience or of periodic dental checkup, a slight difference is being shown according to general characteristics, but wasn't significant. 4. As a result of examining children's oral management, it was indicated that the higher economic level(p = 0.011) and the more in mothers without employment lead to giving a light meal less(p = 0.41). In appearance of children's periodic dental checkup, the higher academic background level(p = 0.047) and the more employment(p = 0.044) led to receiving dental examination.

• Journal of dental hygiene science
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.77-82
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• 2005

The present study accentuate to investigate attitude and behavior about oral health education. The purpose is to provide awareness the importance of oral health education in dental clinics. A total of 350 surveys were over the age of 18 who visited oral health institutes in Chollabuk-Do, Korea. Survey was conducted with self-reported questionnaires from March 22 through April 10, 2004. The results were as follows: 1. The experience to receive oral health education, female, better educated and homemakers made a higher request. 2. Concerning practice they learned, the patients who were female, in there 30s, better educated and government works practiced was it the best. As for why didn't apply learned, they had not concerned about that (62.8%). 3. The greatest rate of respondents had been scaling in content of oral health Dental Patients education (35.3%) and 42.2% were informed flossing except tooth brushing in regarding auxiliary oral hygiene devices. 4. Respondents showed that tooth brushing was more frequently helpful (46.9%) and food control was 10.1% after oral health education. 5. To oral health care by oral health education, there was no significantly different in tooth brushing method and their teeth cleaned every two years (25.7%) and they used floss and the interproximal brush (30.6%).