TY  - JOUR
AB  - AIM: To assess periodontitis-related knowledge and its relation to oral health behaviour on a community level and to identify target groups and major topics for health education interventions. MATERIAL AND METHODS: By means of a multistratified, stochastic telephone survey, 1001 interviews with Germans older than 14 years were carried out. Participants answered questions on the definition, aetiology, and risk factors of periodontal disease and on the risks associated with and measures to prevent them. They also reported on their current oral health behaviour. RESULTS: Severe knowledge deficits were found with respect to all topics. No consistent relationships with age or education were found, although less educated and very young and old people tended to show the greatest deficits. Knowledge of preventive measures was most strongly related to current oral health behaviour. CONCLUSIONS: Health education on periodontal diseases must be improved on a community level, although schoolchildren, older citizens and the less educated are the groups most in need. Interventions should focus on preventive measures.
AD  - Institute of Medical Psychology, University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany. renate.deinzer@psycho.med.
AN  - 19659893
AU  - Deinzer, Renate
AU  - Micheelis, Wolfgang
AU  - Granrath, Nicole
AU  - Hoffmann, Thomas
DA  - Sep
DO  - 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2009.01452.x
IS  - 9
J2  - J Clin Periodontol
KW  - Health behaviour
Health-related knowledge
Patient education
Periodontology
Prevention
Risk factors
L1  - internal-pdf://1776226189/Deinzer-2009-More to learn about_ periodontiti.pdf
N1  - Deinzer, Renate
Micheelis, Wolfgang
Granrath, Nicole
Hoffmann, Thomas
eng
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Denmark
2009/08/08 09:00
J Clin Periodontol. 2009 Sep;36(9):756-64. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2009.01452.x. Epub 2009 Jul 29.
PY  - 2009
SN  - 1600-051X (Electronic)
0303-6979 (Linking)
SP  - 756-764
ST  - More to learn about: periodontitis-related knowledge and its relationship with periodontal health behaviour
T2  - Journal of Clinical Periodontology
TI  - More to learn about: periodontitis-related knowledge and its relationship with periodontal health behaviour
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19659893
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-051X.2009.01452.x/abstract
VL  - 36
ID  - 1317
ER  -