Oral Health Practices, Knowledge and Attitudes amongst United States Army Active Duty Enlisted Soldiers

Abstract

The primary purpose of this study was to assess the oral health knowledge, practice and attitude amongst US Army Active Duty Enlisted soldiers and to see if it increases and improves with rank from E1 to E9 given the high standard of oral health care in the US army. An observational study using paper questionnaires was distributed randomly across army dental clinics at the Fort Hood Army installation. All data was analyzed using IBM SPSS Software Version 25. Oral knowledge and oral practice scores were compared against rank, race, sex and education using an independent T-Test or ANOVA test as applicable. A Correlation Test was conducted between oral knowledge and oral practice scores.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 21, 2019
Accession Number
AD1127877

Entities

People

  • Glen Fernandes

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • African Americans
  • Army Personnel
  • Dental Materials
  • Dentistry
  • Education
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Hygiene
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Personnel
  • Mouth Diseases
  • Oral Health
  • Oral Hygiene
  • Public Health
  • Risk Factors
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Students
  • Teeth
  • Tooth Decay
  • Tooth Diseases
  • United States

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