Background: Socio-economic status plays a role in influencing oral health and oral health related behaviors and problems. The objective of the present study was to determine the influence of educational status and retirement grade level on oral health knowledge attitude and behavior. Methods: The research was analytic descriptive survey in design. A total of 543 old people were selected by systematic random sampling. Data was collected with a self-developed Oral Health Assessment Questionnaire (OHAQ) designed in four sections (A-D) and analyzed using SPSS version 20 (IBM SPSS Armonk, New York). The relationship between variables was established using independent t-test and ANOVA, and significance determined at 0.05 alpha level. Results: Total of 119 (21.9%), 198 (36.5%) and 226 (41.6%) had primary, secondary and tertiary education respectively. The pensioners who retired on levels 1-6 were 277 (51%) and those who retired on levels 7-17 were 266 (49%). The level of education significant influenced oral health knowledge, attitude and behavior. Retirement grade level significantly influenced oral health behavior and non-significantly influenced oral health knowledge and attitude. Conclusion: The study found out that oral health knowledge, attitude and behavior increased significantly with increasing level of education. There was a significant increase in oral health behavior with increasing retirement grade level and a non-significant increase in oral health attitude and behavior.
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Pensioners, Oral Health Knowledge, Oral Health Attitude, Socio-economic Status
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abstract = {Background: Socio-economic status plays a role in influencing oral health and oral health related behaviors and problems. The objective of the present study was to determine the influence of educational status and retirement grade level on oral health knowledge attitude and behavior. Methods: The research was analytic descriptive survey in design. A total of 543 old people were selected by systematic random sampling. Data was collected with a self-developed Oral Health Assessment Questionnaire (OHAQ) designed in four sections (A-D) and analyzed using SPSS version 20 (IBM SPSS Armonk, New York). The relationship between variables was established using independent t-test and ANOVA, and significance determined at 0.05 alpha level. Results: Total of 119 (21.9%), 198 (36.5%) and 226 (41.6%) had primary, secondary and tertiary education respectively. The pensioners who retired on levels 1-6 were 277 (51%) and those who retired on levels 7-17 were 266 (49%). The level of education significant influenced oral health knowledge, attitude and behavior. Retirement grade level significantly influenced oral health behavior and non-significantly influenced oral health knowledge and attitude. Conclusion: The study found out that oral health knowledge, attitude and behavior increased significantly with increasing level of education. There was a significant increase in oral health behavior with increasing retirement grade level and a non-significant increase in oral health attitude and behavior.},
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