Effect of oral health belief and metabolic syndrome on CPITN

Myung-Hee Jung   Chang-Suk Kim1   Kyeong-Soo Lee2,*   

Department of Dental Hygiene, Songho College
1Department of Dental Hygiene, Ulsan College
2Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Yeungnam University

Abstract

Objectives: The objective of the study is to investigate the effect of oral health belief and metabolic syndrome on CPITN. Methods: A self-reported questionnaire was completed by 847 adult visitors over 20 years old in Busan from August 1 to December 31, 2011. Except incomplete answers, 776 data were analyzed by t-test, one way ANOVA, and logistic regression analysis using SPSS 20.0 program. The questionnaire comprised general characteristics of the subjects, oral health behavior, and metabolic syndrome related risk factors. Results: There was statistically significant difference of an oral health belief rating between the groups receiving oral health education. Community periodontal index had statistically significant difference depending on smoking and waist circumference. To analyze related factors of community periodontal index, multiple logistic regression analysis was performed. As the final outcome, gender, age, benefit, salience, scaling experience, experience of oral health education, and related factors and metabolic syndrome were shown to impact on significant influence (p<0.05). Conclusions: Thus, To manage the effective oral health, it is necessary to control the factors of metabolic syndrome and oral health.

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Table 1. Socio-economic characteristics and relevance of oral health belief and CPITN Unit: Mean±SD