dc.contributor.author | Wijesinghe, NT | |
dc.contributor.author | Bannaheka, BMHSK | |
dc.contributor.author | Amarasinghe, TS | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-31T20:38:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-12-31T20:38:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.kdu.ac.lk/handle/345/2954 | |
dc.description.abstract | Abstract:. In Sri Lankan context, dental
caries, periodontal diseases and oral cancers
are the common oral diseases with a higher
prevalence .Objective of this study was to
assess the awareness on prevention of
common oral diseases among non-dental
undergraduate students of University of
Peradeniya.A descriptive cross-sectional
study was conducted among 489 non-dental
undergraduate students in University of
Peradeniya .A self-administered
questionnaire was used to collect data in the
study .Awareness of the participants was
categorized into three groups according to
the scores they have obtained (≥75 –High
Awareness, 74-50 –Moderate Awareness,
≥50 –Low Awareness .)Data was analyzed
using SPSS version 25 and 0.05 p value was
considered as the level of significance .Out of
489 students, 243 (49 .7 )%were male and
246 (50.3 )%were female .Majority of the
participants (82.82 )%had lower awareness
level on prevention of common oral diseases
while only 0.2 %had high awareness .
Students from faculty of Medicine were
having the highest awareness and students
from faculty of Management were having the
lowest awareness .Statistically significant
difference was observed in awareness levels
between the health related and non-health
related faculties (p<0.01 )This study reveals
that the non-dental undergraduates of
University of Peradeniya have a low
awareness on prevention of common oral
diseases .Thus, it is suggested to make
measures to improve awareness on common
oral diseases among the university students ’
population which will be very effective in
preventing oral diseases and building up a
healthy population . | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Common oral diseases, Awareness on prevention, University undergraduates | en_US |
dc.title | Awareness on Prevention of Common Oral Diseases Among Non –Dental Undergraduate Students of University of Peradeniya | en_US |
dc.type | Article Full Text | en_US |
dc.identifier.journal | 13th International Research Conference General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University | en_US |
dc.identifier.pgnos | 180-184 | en_US |