성인의 구강건강문해력 및 관련 요인에 대한 연구: I. 언어적 구강건강문해력
A cross-sectional study on oral health literacy and its influencing factors among adults: I. Verbal oral health literacy
주현정, 오효원, 김지연, 이흥수,
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주현정 ( Ju Hyun-Jeong ) - 원광대학교 치과대학 예방치과학교실
오효원 ( Oh Hyo-Won ) - 원광대학교 치과대학 예방치과학교실
김지연 ( Kim Ji-Youn ) - 한국교원대학교 교육정책전문대학원 교육정책학과
이흥수 ( Lee Heung-Soo ) - 원광대학교 치과대학 예방치과학교실
KMID : 0355420120360020097
Abstract
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine verbal oral health literacy and its influencing factors among adults.
Methods: The subjects in this study included 760 adults who were selected by convenience sampling from the residents in the cities of Iksan and Jeonju. The data were collected from a self-reported questionnaire survey and interview.
Results: As a result of testing the verbal oral health literacy of adults, 63.7 percent of subjects were deemed to be at a seventh or eighth grade level and 29.1 percent were at a fourth to sixth grade level according to the REALM. The dental term that was the most elusive for the adults was ‘eruption’, followed by ‘apicoectomy’, ‘cavity’, ‘inlay’ and ‘fistula’. Verbal oral health literacy was related to education level, gender, and family income.
Conclusions: The level of oral health literacy was low in many adults. Therefore, easy language should be used as much as possible when oral health education materials are prepared. Furthermore, the development of effective oral health education programs is urgently required in order to improve the oral health literacy of adults.
키워드
Adults; Literacy; Oral health; socioeconomic variable; Verbal
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