The Effect of Digital Media Programs on the Oral Health Promotion in the Health Office: A Quasi-Experimental Study

lranian journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases

Saeideh Ghaffarifar¹  Farkhondeh Amin Shokravi²  Fatemeh Mohamadkhah²  Sograt Faghihzadeh³ 

[1] Medical Education Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IR Iran;Department of Health Education, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IR Iran;Department of Biostatistic, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IR Iran

关键词: Education;    Educational Lecture;    Digital Media;   

DOI  :  10.17795/semj18048

学科分类：基础医学

来源: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

【 摘 要 】

Background:Regularusingofthetoothbrush,mouthwashanddentalflossisusefulinpreventionandtreatmentoftheoraldiseases.Objectives:Thispaperexaminestheimpactofaneducationalfilmonthepromotionofthestudent’soralhealthbehavior.MaterialsandMethods:ThisresearchwasconductedinChabaharin2011-2012,on10-12yearoldgirls.Threehundredstudentswererandomlyassignedtothreegroupsof100.Thetypeoftheinterventionincludedfilmandlecture.Posttestswereconductedintwophases:immediatelyandthreemonthsafterthefirstintervention.Theresearchdatafromvalidandreliableresearcher-madequestionnairewasanalyzedbytheSPSSVersion16usingOne-wayAnalysisofVariance(ANOVA)andMann-WhitneyUtests.ThestudywasapprovedbytheethicalcommitteeofTarbiatModaresUniversity.Results:Thehighestrateofthebirthorderinthestudypopulationwastwo,meanageofstudentswas11years,andthemeannumberineachfamilywasfive.Theaverageeducationlevelofmothersandfatherswasilliterateandliteracyrespectively.Themajorityoffatherswereunemployedandmotherswerehousewives.Mostofthefamilieshadprivatehousing.Meandecayedmissedfilledteeth(DMFT)was:1.46+1.66.Theleveloftheknowledgeandattitudeaboutteethbrushingwasincreasedimmediatelyandaftertheintervention(Plt;0.001).Therateofpracticeincreasedafterthreemonths(Plt;0.001).Theleveloftheknowledgeandattitudeaboutdentalflossingincreasedimmediatelyandafter3months.Therateofthepracticedidnotincreaseafterthreemonths(Plt;0.46).TheleveloftheKnowledgeaboutusingthemouthwashincreasedimmediatelyaftertheintervetionandafterthreemonths(Plt;0.003).Therateofthepracticedidnotincreaseimmediatelyaftertheintervetion(Plt;0.43).Thefilminterventionwaseffectiveonthestudents’Knowledgeimmediatelyandthreemonthsaftertheintervention(Plt;0.025).Thefilmeffectivellyinfluencedstudents’attitudebothimmediatelyandthreemonthsaftertheintervention(Plt;0.028).Takenalltogetherthestudyshowsthattheoralhealthpracticeisworseinthefamilieswiththelowersocio-economicsituation.Conclusions:Usingeducationalfilmcouldbeeffectiveinpromotingstudents’self-carebehaviors.

【 授权许可】

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