Yeditepe Üniversitesi Diþ Hekimliði Fakültesi Öðrencilerinin Aðýz Saðlýðý Tutum ve Davraniþlarýnýn Deðerlendirilmesi

GÝRÝÞ ve AMAÇ: Bu çalýþmanýn amacý, bir grup Türk diþhekimi öðrencisinin aðýz saðlýðý tutum ve davranýþlarýnýn ve pre-klinik ve klinik öðrencilerin davranýþ farklýlýklarýný Hiroshima University-Dental Behavioural Inventory (HU-DBI) kullanarak deðerlendirmektir.
YÖNTEM ve GEREÇLER: Araþtýrmaya Yeditepe Üniversitesi Diþhekimliði fakültesinde 2018-2019 eðitim-öðretim yýlýnda okumakta olan 1., 2., 3., 4. ve 5. Sýnýf öðrencileri davet edildi. Çalýþmaya dahil edilme kriterleri 1) tüm sorulara cevap verilmesi 2) doðum tarihlerinin ve cinsiyetlerin bildirilmesiydi. Çalýþmada öðrencilerin aðýz hijyeni alýþkanlýk ve davranýþlarýnýn belirlenmesi için 20 soruluk HU-DBI anketinin Ýngilizce formu uygulandý. HU-DBI skorunun gruplar arasý karþýlaþtýrmalarýnda Kruskal Wallis testi ve farklýlýða neden çýkan grubun tespitinde Mann Whitney U test kullanýldý. HU-DBI skorunun preklinik ve klinik sýnýflar arasý karþýlaþtýrmalarýnda Mann Whitney U test kullanýldý. Anlamlýlýk p<0.05 düzeyinde deðerlendirildi.

BULGULAR: Araþtýrmaya Yeditepe Üniversitesi Diþhekimliði fakültesinde 2018-2019 eðitim-öðretim yýlýnda okumakta olan 1., 2., 3., 4. ve 5. öðrencilerinden toplam 217 kiþi katýldý. Tüm öðrencilerin HU-DBI skor ortalamasý 7.04±1.47olarak tespit edilirken, klinik öðrencilerinin HU-DBI skor ortalamasý (7.35±1.42), preklinik öðrencilerinden (6.83±1.47) istatistiksel olarak anlamlý düzeyde yüksek bulundu (p<0.05).
TARTIÞMA ve SONUÇ: Araþtýrmaya katýlan öðrencilerin aðýz saðlýðý tutum ve davranýþlarý HU-DBI skorlarý bazýnda genel olarak yüksek bulundu. Eðitim yýlý arttýkça aðýz saðlýðý tutum ve davranýþlarýnda istatistiksel olarak anlamlý artýþ gözlendi. Öðrencilerin eðitim aldýklarý süreç ve klinik tecrübe arttýkça bireysel aðýz saðlýðý tutum ve davranýþlarý da olumlu yönde geliþmektedir.

Evaluation of Oral Health Attitudes and Behaviors of Yeditepe University Dental Faculty Students  

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to evaluate the oral health attitudes and behaviors of a group of Turkish dentist students and the behavioral differences of pre-clinical and clinical students using Hiroshima University - Dental Behavioral Inventory (HU-DBI).
METHODS: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students who were studying in/at Yeditepe University Faculty of Dentistry in 2018-2019 academic year were invited to the study. To determine the oral hygiene habits/routines and behaviors of the students, the English form of the 20-item HU-DBI questionnaire was applied. Kruskal Wallis test was used for the comparison of HU-DBI scores between the groups and Mann Whitney U test was used for determining the group causing the difference. Statistical significance was determined at the level of p<0.05.
RESULTS: A total of 217 students from the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grades studying at Yeditepe University Faculty of Dentistry in 2018-2019 academic year participated in the study. While the mean HU-DBI score of all students was 7.04 ± 1.47, the mean HU-DBI score of the clinical students (7.35 ± 1.42) was statistically higher than (that) of the preclinical students (6.83 ± 1.47) (p <0.05).
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Within the limitations of this study, oral health attitudes and behaviors of the students who participated the study were found to be generally high within the HU-DBI scores.There was a statistically significant increase in oral health attitudes and behaviors as the education year increased.As the educational process and clinical experience of the students increase, individual oral health attitudes and behaviors improve positively.