ประสิทธิผลของโปรแกรมทันตสุขศึกษาโดยประยุกต์ใช้ทฤษฎีความสามารถตนเองเพื่อ ป้องกันโรคเหงือกอักเสบในนักเรียนชั้นมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 3 อำเภอเต่างอย จังหวัดสกลนคร

บทคัดย่อ

               Gingivitis in adolescence remains a major dental health problem in Thailand. A sustainable solution is to develop dental health for grade nine secondary school students.This study was a quasi-experimental design aimed to test the effectiveness of dental health education program by application of self efficacy theory on gingivitis prevention of grade nine secondary school students in Tao Ngoi District, Sakon Nakhon Province. The samples were 73 students; 37 in the experimental group and 36 in the comparison group. The experimental group received dental health education program. Data collection was done with in 7 weeks by interview, plaque record and the assessment of skill performance. Statistics used for data analysis were percentage, means and standard deviations. Independent t-test was used to compare mean with difference group.

              The results of the study showed that the experimental group had mean scores of knowledge, self-efficacy, outcome expectation, tooth brushing skill, simply self dental examination were increased significantly than before experiment and comparison group (P < 0.001). The mean score of dental plaque was decreased significantly than before experiment and comparison group (P < 0.001).

              These results show that dental health education program by applied of self-efficacy theory affected Grade Nine Secondary School Students with better to develop dental health care.