title: Correlation of dental health behavior with health awareness and subjective symptoms in a rural population in Japan.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the association of dental health behavior with health awareness, oral condition, and subjective symptoms in Japan. The present study included 1699 individuals who underwent dental checkups at the public health center of Miura City. All those who underwent dental checkups were asked to fill out a questionnaire. The correlation between having a regular dentist and each of the other items was analyzed. Undergoing regular checkups was significantly related to having a regular dentist. To analyze the correlation of dental health behavior with Subjective symptoms and Health awareness, structured equation modeling was performed following factor analysis. As a result, only the regression weight between dental health behavior and health awareness was found to be statistically significant. The present survey indicates that dental health behavior was significantly related to Health awareness but not to Subjective symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Kanagawa Dental College, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Wenqun
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Kanagawa Dental College, Kanagawa, Japan National Institute of Public Health, Saitama, Japan pxz11337@nifty.com.
authors.forename: Yoh
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamaki
authors.affiliation: Kanagawa Dental College, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arakawa
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ogino
authors.affiliation: Nobi Dental Clinic, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Kunie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Welfare, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohyama
authors.affiliation: Kanagawa Dental College, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Dawei
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Kanagawa Dental College, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Taeko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osawa
authors.affiliation: Kanagawa Dental College, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohsawa
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kadoma
authors.affiliation: Tsurumi University of School of Dental Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.affiliation: Kanagawa Dental College, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirohisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arakawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003729:Dental Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009909:Oral Health; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult