Oral health self-management status and its influencing factors in adolescents receiving fixed orthodontics
10.3761/j.issn.0254-1769.2017.08.010
- VernacularTitle:口腔固定正畸患儿口腔健康自我管理现状及影响因素分析
- Author:
Xiaofen LIU
;
Shufang ZHANG
;
Runyuan CHEN
;
Mengting JI
;
Jiali LIAO
;
Yan ZHOU
- Keywords:
Orthodontics;
Oral Health;
Self-management;
Adolescent
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nursing
2017;52(8):944-948
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective From knowledge,attitude,practice,and environment dimensions to investigate the status of oral health self-management in adolescents receiving fixed orthodontics and analyze its influencing factors.Methods A self-designed questionnaire developed from an evaluation index system for adolescents receiving fixed orthodontics was used to investigate 300 adolescent orthodontic patients in a stonatological hospital in Shanghai,who were 11 to 17 years old,receiving fixed orthodontics for more than three months.Results For adolescents receiving fixed orthodontics,self-management knowledge score was 0.99-±0.18,attitude score was 0.92±0.13,practice score was 1.11±0.21,and environment score was 0.66±0.15.The scores of oral health self-management knowledge,attitude,practice,and environment were significantly different between boys and girls(P＜0.01).There was significant difference in the scores of oral health self-management practice in adolescents with different age(P＜0.05).The scores of oral health selfmanagement were significantly different for adolescents with different stages of receiving fixed orthodontics(P＜0.05).Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that oral health self-management status was affected by gender and age.Conclusion The oral health self-management status of adolescents receiving fixed orthodontics needs to be further improved.Female adolescents have better oral health self-management status than male adolescents.The increasing of age cannot necessarily improve self-management status.Orthodontic time has the greatest influence on oral health self-management practice.Medical staffs can provide targeted health education and guidance based on the status and influencing factors for adolescent orthodontic patients in order to improve their oral health self-management status.
