Oral Health Knowledge, Attitude and Behaviour of Indonesian Dental Students in East Java Province, Indonesia

oral health knowledge attitude behavior education research

Authors

  • Ninuk Hariyani
    ninuk-h@fkg.unair.ac.id
    Department of Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia
  • Wulan Ruhun Natiqoh Safira Undergraduate Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia
  • Adinda Putri Rahmawati Undergraduate Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia
  • Martha Nadila Valentina Undergraduate Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia
  • Nancy Clara Claudia Undergraduate Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia
  • Muhammad Alwino Bayu Undergraduate Program, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia
  • Arie Wahyu Prananta Faculty of Social and Culture Science, Sociology Department, University of Trunojoyo Madura

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Background: Oral health knowledge, attitudes and behaviors possessed by dental students become provisions in the education and promotion of oral health in the community. Purpose: This study aims to analyze the oral health knowledge, attitudes and behavior of Indonesian dental students in East Java province based on gender and educational stage. Methods: This research is a cross-sectional study using an online questionnaire distributed to dental students at five dental faculties in East Java. 169 respondents in this study completed an online HU-DBI questionnaire with a choice of answers to agree or disagree about the description of oral health knowledge, attitudes, and behavior. Results: Female students have a higher level of knowledge and oral health behavior than the opposite sex with a significance value of <0.001 and 0.05, respectively. There was a significant correlation between knowledge and attitude with a significance level of 0.030 and a correlation between knowledge and behavior with a significant number of 0.037. Conclusion: Female dental students had better oral health knowledge and behavior than male dental students. There is no relationship between the education stage and oral health knowledge, attitudes and behaviour. Further, we found positif association between oral health knowledge and attitudes towards behaviour.

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