作者: ShyamSundar Behura , Harish Kumar , Sujatha Ramachandra , Roquaiya Nishat , KailashC Dash
DOI: 10.4103/JISPCD.JISPCD_30_17
关键词: Test (assessment) 、 Oral health 、 Oral health education 、 Karl pearson 、 Female students 、 Health care centre 、 Knowledge score 、 Eastern india 、 Medicine 、 Family medicine
摘要: Objectives: To compare oral health knowledge, attitude, and practices among dental medical students in a Health care centre at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Materials Methods: One hundred fifty BDS MBBS each from Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences Medical KIIT University, Bhubaneswar respectively, were invited to participate this survey using self-administered structured questionnaire English comprising 27 questions, which was designed evaluate the practices. The obtained data analyzed Statistical Package for Social version 20 software. Results: On comparison scores practice, mean knowledge score significantly higher than students. study also showed that female (both medical) had better male Karl Pearson's correlation coefficient test that, although attitude towards health, there lack adequate practice them. Conclusion: Further emphasis on is necessary undergraduate training improve as they will act role models education individuals community large.