Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Tooth brushing is an essential personal practice that contributes to individual good oral health. Good tooth brushing practice had been recommended at least twice daily by World Health organization to prevent the burden of oral disease. Therefore, the objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of brushing teeth and its associated factors among school-going adolescents in Malaysia 2017. METHODS: Cross-sectional designed national survey was conducted in 2017 among adolescents aged 13 to 17 years. Validated self-administered bilingual questionnaire adapted from the Malaysian Global School Health Survey with computer-scan-able answer sheets was distributed to 30,823 adolescents attending the government secondary schools in Malaysia and 89.2% responded to the questionnaire given. Complex sample analysis with multivariate were done using SPSS version 21. RESULT: 87% (87.1%; 95%CI: 86.2, 88.0) of the adolescents reported that they had brushed their teeth at least twice daily. Adolescents who was male (aOR: 2.54, 95%CI: 2.32, 2.77), reported ever used drugs (aOR: 2.55 95%CI: 2.13, 3.06), and eating fruits less than twice daily (AOR: 1.83 95%CI: 1.67, 2.00) significantly associated with higher odd chances of having unhygienic practice in oral health. DISCUSSION: The prevalence of tooth brushing among adolescents at least twice daily were lower with risk factors associated unhygienic practice were determined. Adolescents need to be encouraged and empowered to take responsibility of their own personal oral hygiene starting at the school level.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-134,
title = {Brushing Teeth Among In-School Malaysian Adolescent.},
author = {Mohamad Fuad Mohamad Anuar and Yaw Siew Lian and Natifah Che Salleh and Nurrul Ashikin Abdullah and Norazizah Ibrahim Wong},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Tooth brushing is an essential personal practice that contributes to individual good oral health. Good tooth brushing practice had been recommended at least twice daily by World Health organization to prevent the burden of oral disease. Therefore, the objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of brushing teeth and its associated factors among school-going adolescents in Malaysia 2017. METHODS: Cross-sectional designed national survey was conducted in 2017 among adolescents aged 13 to 17 years. Validated self-administered bilingual questionnaire adapted from the Malaysian Global School Health Survey with computer-scan-able answer sheets was distributed to 30,823 adolescents attending the government secondary schools in Malaysia and 89.2% responded to the questionnaire given. Complex sample analysis with multivariate were done using SPSS version 21. RESULT: 87% (87.1%; 95%CI: 86.2, 88.0) of the adolescents reported that they had brushed their teeth at least twice daily. Adolescents who was male (aOR: 2.54, 95%CI: 2.32, 2.77), reported ever used drugs (aOR: 2.55 95%CI: 2.13, 3.06), and eating fruits less than twice daily (AOR: 1.83 95%CI: 1.67, 2.00) significantly associated with higher odd chances of having unhygienic practice in oral health. DISCUSSION: The prevalence of tooth brushing among adolescents at least twice daily were lower with risk factors associated unhygienic practice were determined. Adolescents need to be encouraged and empowered to take responsibility of their own personal oral hygiene starting at the school level.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation:},
keywords = {Adolescents, apcph2019, Malaysia, Oral Hygiene, Tooth brushing},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}