Effect of Oral Healthcare Program of Exemplary Kindergartens for Prevent the Dental Caries in Incheon City, Korea

치아우식증 예방을 위한 모범 유치원 구강건강관리프로그램 효과 - 인천 일부지역 유치원을 중심으로

  • Ahn, Se-Youn (Department of Dental Hygiene, Dongnam Health College) ;
  • Hwang, Yoon-Sook (Department of Dental Hygiene, Hanyang Women's College) ;
  • Han, Su-Jin (Department of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Science, Gachon University)
  • 안세연 (동남보건대학교 치위생과) ;
  • 황윤숙 (한양여자대학교 치위생과) ;
  • 한수진 (가천대학교 보건과학대학 치위생학과)
  • Received : 2013.11.11
  • Accepted : 2013.12.05
  • Published : 2013.12.31

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to confirm the effect of the oral health management program in exemplary kindergartens for prevent the dental caries. The study performs the survey on the parents about the changes in the oral health behaviors after the oral health education in April 2012 and measures the patient hygiene performance (PHP) index before the education, after the education and 3 weeks after the education to assess the removal capability to plaque on the teeth surface for the children. The analysis is performed on 130 people who join the program and respond the survey. There is no change in the behavior related to the tooth brushing of children after the oral health education. No change is found from the interest in the oral health education (p>0.05) but the recognition in the importance of the tooth positively change, as well as recognition of the tooth brushing method and the reaction to recommending to tooth brushing. The PHP index of children is significantly improved from 3.87 before the education through 2.71 after the education and 3.27 3 weeks after the education (p<0.001). The observation from the patents shows that their children have interest in preventing the cavities including 33.1% after having xylitol and 60.7% after the oral health education. In conclusion, the study confirms the effect of the oral health management program in exemplary kindergartens to prevent the cavities, meaning that it is required to activate the programs and keep implementing the programs including providing xylitol and education for teachers, parents and children to habituate the oral health behavior of the children and completely learn toothbrushing method under continuous management and reeducation.

본 연구는 치아우식증 예방을 위한 모범 유치원 구강건강관리프로그램의 효과를 확인하고자 2012년 4월 구강보건 교육 전, 후 유아의 구강보건행태 변화에 대해 부모를 통한 설문을 진행하였으며, 유아를 대상으로는 치면세균막관리 능력을 평가하기 위해 교육 전, 교육 직후, 교육 3주 후에 PHP index를 측정하였다. 전체 156명의 유아 중 참여에 동의하지 않았거나, 해당일 결석으로 구강보건교육에 참여하지 못한 유아와 설문지 회수가 되지 않은 유아를 제외하고 총 130명을 대상으로 분석을 실시하였으며, 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 구강보건교육 시행 후 자녀의 시기별 칫솔질 실천율과 칫솔질 빈도, 소요시간, 칫솔질 행동에는 변화가 없었다(p>0.05). 치아건강교육에 대한 관심은 변화 없었으나(p>0.05), 칫솔질 방법 인지와 칫솔질 권유 시 반응, 치아의 중요성 인지는 긍정적으로 변화되었다(p<0.05). 2. 유아의 구강환경관리능력(PHP index)은 교육 전 3.87, 교육 직후 2.71, 교육 3주 경과 후 3.27로, 교육 전에 비해 유의하게 개선된 것을 확인할 수 있었다(p<0.001). 3. 보호자의 자일리톨 급식 인지율은 90.0%, 충치예방효과 인지율은 75.3%, 권유의사는 50.8%였으며, 추후 구강보건교육을 실시할 경우 보호자의 76.9%는 참여한다고 응답하였다. 부모의 관찰 결과 유아의 33.1%는 자일리톨 급식후, 60.7%는 구강보건교육 후 충치예방에 대한 관심이 생겼다고 하였다. 결과적으로 충치예방 모범 유치원 구강건강관리프로그램의 효과를 확인하였으므로 프로그램의 활성화를 위한 노력이 필요하며, 교사와 부모, 유아를 대상으로 계속구강건강관리프로그램을 운영함으로써 유아의 구강건강행동이 습관화되고 칫솔질 능력이 완성될 수 있도록 지속적인 관리와 재교육이 이루어져야 할 것이다.

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