A mobile application for improving oral health knowledge among Sirindhorn College of Public Health Chonburi students undergoing fixed orthodontic treatment
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This pre-experimental research aimed to investigate the effect of using the mobile application “Just Fun” in improving oral health knowledge among 32 students of Sirindhorn College of Public Health Chonburi undergoing fixed orthodontic treatment. The self-administered questionnaire composed of three parts: 5 items of participants’ demographic and orthodontic treatment information, 20 items of oral health knowledge, and 10 items of satisfaction of using the application. The first two parts of the questionnaire were used to collect baseline data at the first week before the experiment. Then participants were asked to use the application to improve their oral health knowledge for two weeks. Their knowledge and satisfaction were measured at the end of the third week. The experiment was implemented from October to November 2020. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, paired t-test and Wilcoxon Matched Pairs Signed Ranks Test at the significance level 0.05. The result showed that the oral health knowledge score was increased significantly (p-value<0.05) and the average satisfaction score was at a high level.
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