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Oral Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Among University Students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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- Prevalence of oral diseases among adolescents in prisons in Taiwan: a population-based study.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
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- Oral health knowledge, practice and associated factors among Junior High School students of Koforidua, Ghana: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Oral health knowledge, attitudes, and practices among female public health and nutrition university students in Qatar.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- COVID-19's psychological toll on oral health: A cross-sectional study in Iranian adults.PloS one · 2024Article
- Oral Health Knowledge, Self-Assessed Oral Health Behavior, and Oral Hygiene Practices among the Adult General Population in Croatia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, and practice of non-medical students regarding impacted teeth: a cross-sectional study.Clinical oral investigations · 2023Article
- Association between periodontitis treatment and dementia in Taiwanese adults.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- Assessment of Oral Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviours among University Students in the Asir Region-Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Variables associated with oral health-related self-efficacy - results of a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- Knowledge and attitude toward oral health behavior of overseas students during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC oral health · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study aimed to evaluate oral health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among a sample of senior students at King Abdulaziz University (KAU), and to assess differences among these factors between genders.
methodsA total of 1177 senior university students at KAU were included in this cross-sectional study. Participants were selected by stratified random sampling. KAU has three main streams categorized by field of study. One faculty was randomly selected from each stream. Information regarding oral health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors was collected with a validated self-administered questionnaire. A knowledge score was calculated, and predictors of oral health knowledge were assessed by linear regression.
resultsIn general, the mean oral health knowledge score of females (8.1 ± 1.8) was significantly higher than that of males (7.2 ± 2.1) out of 13. Relative to males, females reported a greater frequency of teeth cleaning and of using a toothbrush with proper technique (p < 0.001). Females were also more likely to have ever visited a dentist than males (95% and 86%, respectively). The linear regression model revealed that students in non-medical faculties and those who were not shown how to brush their teeth by a dentist had lower oral health knowledge scores, than their counterparts. Students older than 22 years and females were more likely to have higher oral health knowledge scores than were their counterparts.
conclusionOral health knowledge was relatively low among the university students, but females showed better oral health knowledge and behaviors than males did.
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