TY - JOUR
T1 - Dental health behavior in elderly based on demographic characteristics
AU - Mauline, Aulia Feresia
AU - Bramantoro, Taufan
AU - Palupi, Retno
N1 - Funding Information:
The author would like to thank the Faculty of Dentistry, Airlangga University.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - Elderly oral health is related to behavior maintenance and dental health improvement. Determinants factor of individual behavior are difficult to control because behavior is the result of various internal and external factors, therefore it is important to do a mapping of psychological factors that lead to dental health behavior to see dental health behavioral intentions in the elderly. Objective: To analyze attitudes, subjective norms, perceptions of behavioral control of dental health behavioral intentions in the elderly based on demographic characteristics. Method: This study is cross sectional study with observational analysis. Dental health behavior tendency is measured by interview method using the Theory of Planned Behavior model. Results: attitude (p = 0.000), subjective norms (p = 0.011), and perceptions of behavioral control (p = 0.000) significant towards dental health behavioral intention in the elderly . Conclusion: The more positive attitude towards oral hygiene, the stronger subjective norms and the higher the perceptions of behavioral control, the greater the intention of the elderly to perform optimal oral hygiene behavior.
AB - Elderly oral health is related to behavior maintenance and dental health improvement. Determinants factor of individual behavior are difficult to control because behavior is the result of various internal and external factors, therefore it is important to do a mapping of psychological factors that lead to dental health behavior to see dental health behavioral intentions in the elderly. Objective: To analyze attitudes, subjective norms, perceptions of behavioral control of dental health behavioral intentions in the elderly based on demographic characteristics. Method: This study is cross sectional study with observational analysis. Dental health behavior tendency is measured by interview method using the Theory of Planned Behavior model. Results: attitude (p = 0.000), subjective norms (p = 0.011), and perceptions of behavioral control (p = 0.000) significant towards dental health behavioral intention in the elderly . Conclusion: The more positive attitude towards oral hygiene, the stronger subjective norms and the higher the perceptions of behavioral control, the greater the intention of the elderly to perform optimal oral hygiene behavior.
KW - Demographic characteristics
KW - Elderly
KW - Intentions of dental health behavior
KW - Theory of planned behavior
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U2 - 10.5958/0976-5506.2019.00725.3
DO - 10.5958/0976-5506.2019.00725.3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85064170541
SN - 0976-0245
VL - 10
SP - 397
EP - 401
JO - Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development
JF - Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development
IS - 4
ER -
