Oral Hygiene, Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Nursing Students at Public Tertiary Care Hospital, Lahore
Journal Title: Saudi Journal of Nursing and Health Care - Year 2018, Vol 1, Issue 3
Abstract
Abstract:Oral health enables an individual to speak, eat and socialize without active disease. Oral hygiene is the process of keeping oral free from pathological condition that affects gum disease, mouth ulcers and sores and cavities. Oral health affects the overall health of individuals, so it is very important to maintain oral hygiene. Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding oral-health are considered to be important requirements for improving oral health.To determine oral hygiene experience among students and describe their level of oral health knowledge, attitude and practice of oral hygiene.A cross-sectional analytical study design was used to examine the knowledge, attitude and practice of students regarding oral hygiene. A cross-sectional is that study that collects information from a population at specific time of period. Data was collected from 150 nursing students through convenient sampling techniques. Those who meet the inclusion criteria will be included in the study and those who don’t meet the criteria wasnot be the part of the study. Data was analyzed through SPSS version 21.Results suggest that there was satisfactory knowledge that is more than 80% of the study participants had knowledge about different knowledge based statements. The attitude and practices were some moderately around 50 to 60% of participants fall in this category. Overall knowledge was good but attitude and practices were low comparatively. Keywords: Oral Hygiene, Knowledge, attitude, Practices.
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Iram Yaseen, Afsar Ali, Roma Bhatti, Amna shehzadi
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