Impact of Peridontitis Education Program on Peridontitis Patients' Knowledge, Beliefs and Behavior in Riyadh City | ||
| Journal of High Institute of Public Health | ||
| Article 16, Volume 37, Issue 2, April 2007, Pages 513-526 PDF (192.4 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jhiph.2007.22534 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ebtisam M. Fetohy* | ||
| Department of Health Administration and Behavioral Sciences (Division of Health Education and Behavioral Sciences), High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| An intervention experimental study was conducted to assess the impact of Peridontitis education program (PEP) for Peridontitis patients in King Abdel Aziz University Hospital (KAAUH) in Riyadh City. The program was administered to 103 patients through one session and one immediate assessment. Another 103 patients formed the control group. The results showed that the mean knowledge score, the mean scores of the perceived seriousness (p. seriousness), p. benefits, and p. barriers of intervention group were significantly higher than the control group. Stepwise multiple regression models revealed that total knowledge, perceived benefits, patients' work, and family size were predictors of patients' practice of control group (β=0.287, 0.218, 0.194, and 0.192). Total knowledge, patients' work and total health beliefs model (HBM) score were predictors of patients' practice of the intervention group (R²=0.303). The study recommended the replication of such program and a more long term one to have more improvement in patients' knowledge, all beliefs, and practice. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Peridontitis Education Program; Peridontitis; KPP; oral hygiene | ||
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