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https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2021.60.01.14

Attitudes Towards and Habits in Oral Health of Adolescents in Herzegovina

Sanja Jurišić orcid.org/0000-0002-1064-1085 ; Jurišić Dental Polyclinic, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Study Program of Dental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mladenka Vukojević ; School of Medicine, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vlatka Martinović ; School of Medicine, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mladen Ćubela ; Study Program of Dental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zdenko Šarac orcid.org/0000-0002-3411-6701 ; Study Program of Dental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zorana Ivanković ; Study Program of Dental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ivona Musa Leko ; Study Program of Dental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Katarina Vukojević ; Study Program of Dental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sažetak

The aim of the study was to determine attitudes towards and habits in oral health
of adolescents in Herzegovina, as well as to evaluate the possible differences in habits among individuals
of different adolescent categories. The study included 120 participants (35 male and 85 female)
divided into three adolescent categories, as follows: early (11-14 years of age), middle (15-18 years)
and late (19-21 years) adolescence, from the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, who presented for dental
examination. All participants completed the socio-demographic questionnaire and standardized Hiroshima
University Dental Behavioral Inventory (HU-DBI). The answers provided by study adolescents
in the HU-DBI showed statistically significant differences among particular age groups, i.e.
between early and middle adolescence in items 7 (p=0.046) and 15 (p=0.007); between middle and
late adolescence in items 8 (p=0.021), 11 (p=0.04) and 12 (p=0.027); and between middle and late
adolescence in item 11 (p=0.032). Respondents in middle adolescence had poorer oral hygiene attitudes
than those in early and late adolescence. In order to improve the oral hygiene habits of adolescents
in Herzegovina, it is necessary to put emphasis on continuous education about oral hygiene
habits during their secondary education.

Ključne riječi

Adolescents; Oral habits; Dental health behavior

Hrčak ID:

259898

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/259898

Datum izdavanja:

1.3.2021.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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