Oral health knowledge and psychological determinants of oral health behavior of nursing students

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ID4812464
AuthorsJoanne Cy Chan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Luzy Sh Chin (Xpert Dental Group Ltd., Hong Kong)
Year2017
Volume22
Issue1
Pages79-88
Publication date2017-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105315595122
PMID26227498
OpenAlexW938575814
LanguageEN
References cited37

This survey examined the oral health knowledge and psychological determinants of oral health behavior of 1019 undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students. Overall, most of the students perceived their oral health to be average, and their flossing and dental visiting frequencies were inadequate. Moreover, the students' oral health knowledge was suboptimal, regardless of the type of study, and it was not significantly associated with oral health behavior. Binary logistic regression showed that toothbrushing self-efficacy and the type of study were both significantly associated with toothbrushing behavior. Furthermore, flossing self-efficacy and dental visiting self-efficacy were both significantly associated with flossing and dental visiting behaviors, respectively

Environmental health · Family medicine · Health behavior · Logistic regression · Oral health · Self-efficacy · Dental Health and Care Utilization · Health and Wellbeing Research · Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology

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