Assessment Of Knowledge, Attitude,Self Reported Practice And It’s Association With Sociodemographic Factors Among College Students Of District Mansehra , Pakistan

Abstract

Background.Oral health is an utmost component of one’s general health and over all well-being. Many systemic diseases have oral manifestations . Oral diseases are common occurrence across the world wide and required community based prevention to improve oral health at community level. Knowledge , attitude and practice (KAP) survey is an important for the evaluation and detection of needs before launching community based oral health promotion programs.
Objective: to  assess oral health knowledge , attitude, self – reported practices and it’s association with sociodemographic factors among college students of college students of district Mansehra , Pakistan .

Study Design : A Cross Sectional Study.

Place and Duration of study. Department of Community Dentistry  Bacha  Khan College of Dentistry Mardan from jan 2020 to dec 2020

Methodology :It was a cross sectional study conducted on 203 college  students in district Mansehra. Data was collected by using a modified structure questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS software.

Result: Oral health knowledge of the participants about specific oral diseases was not satisfactory , but overall oral health knowledge was good . Regular dental check-up was uncommon( only 37.93%) . Most of the participants(191/203) were reported to brush their teeth with toothpaste 145 (71.43%),Miswak 43(21.18%) .Female students have more knowledge than male students( P= 0.0001 which is statisticaly significant) .      
                        
Conclusion: Oral health knowledge about oral diseases not satisfactory and most of the students didn’t  know about proper brushing method and oral hygiene aid , there by requiring awareness campaigns , seminars and oral health programs to improve oral hygiene and health.