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ArticleJournal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences2022

Correlation of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice with their Oral Health Status among Young Adults of Nursing Care: A Cross-Sectional Survey.

K Priya Deepa Lakshmi, S Venkatalakshmi, C Bharath, N Saravanan, Lingaladinne Swetha Reddy, Jithender Nagilla

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Article in Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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K Priya Deepa LakshmiDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Vinayaka Mission's Sankarachariyar Dental College, Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation (Deemed to be University), Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.
S VenkatalakshmiReader, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Vydehi Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore, India.
C BharathDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Vinayaka Mission's Sankarachariyar Dental College, Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation (Deemed to be University), Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.
N SaravananDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Vinayaka Mission's Sankarachariyar Dental College, Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation (Deemed to be University), Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.
Lingaladinne Swetha ReddyDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, Panineeya Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Jithender NagillaDepartment of Public Health Dentistry, SVS Institute of Dental Sciences, Mahbubnagar, Telangana, India.
Vinayaka Missions University · INGovernment Dental College & Research Institute · INKamineni Institute of Dental Sciences · INSVS Medical College · IN

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Abstract

Background: Nursing profession execute an imperative role in health promotion, disease, and injury prevention, providing care and assist in cure of patients with diverse age groups, and backgrounds both in individual and community settings. The study aimed to determine and compare the oral health knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) with oral health status among nursing students in Salem. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on nursing students of Vinayaka Mission's Annapoorna College of Nursing, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India. The study included self-administered questionnaire covering demographic details and oral health KAP questions (18-items) followed by oral examination using the World Health Organization survey (2013). Data analysis was performed using SPSS 22. Results: Two hundred and sixty-one students were included in the survey (63 males and 198 females). Females reported better mean ± standard deviation (SD) in knowledge (24.08 ± 4.3), attitude (5.43 ± 1.3), and practice (10.82 ± 1.5, Conclusions: There are an adequate knowledge, negative attitude, and inadequate practice toward oral health among nursing students. The study introspects the gap between knowledge and actions. As attitude influence on a person's behavior, discriminate knowledge in the right direction to best bring out the outcomes.

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