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Influencing factors on oral and maxillofacial trauma prevention education experience of students majoring in physical education

Kyeung-Ae Jang 1

1신라대학교

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Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the influencing factors on oral and maxillofacial trauma prevention educationexperience of students majoring in physical education. Methods: A self-reported questionnaire was filled out by 268 students majoring in physical education in Busan. All statisticalanalyses were performed using SPSS 21.0. The questionnaire consisted of general characteristics(4 questions), TMJ symptoms(9questions), oral habit(8 questions), and mouth guard awareness(5 questions). The questionnaire was carried out by 5 Likert scale. Higher points of Likert scale showed the negative tendency except the mouth guard awareness. The higher points of mouth guardawareness showed the positive tendency to use the mouth guard. Results: Male students had higher scores of 2.75 points in bad oral habit than the female students(p<0.05). Female students higherscore of 1.30 points in mouth guard awareness than male students(p<0.05). TMJ symptoms experience in oral and maxillofacialtrauma was 3.15 points which was higher than the prevention education experience without maxillofacial trauma(p<0.001). TMJsymptoms and Mouth guard awareness showed 2.71(p<0.01) and 1.20 points(p<0.001) respectively in students with maxillofacialtrauma prevention education experience. These score were higher than those without education experience of trauma preventioneducation experience. The influencing factors on trauma prevention education experience are mouth guard awareness(p<0.001), oralhabits(p<0.01), and temporomandibular joint symptom(p<0.01). Conclusions: The necessity of mouth guards should be emphasized to prevent the serious oral trauma. It is very important to establishthe rule for mouth guard use in sports activities. Therefore, oral and maxillofacial trauma prevention education program is needed.

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