Table 2.
Frequency distribution of oral health beliefs and behaviors’ variables among deferent gender groups.
| Variable | Category | Male |
Female |
X2 | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | ||||
| Believe in importance of teeth brushing | Yes | 236 | (94.8) | 261 | (97.8) | 3.212 | 0.1000* |
| No | 13 | (5.2) | 6 | (2.2) | |||
| Brushing daily | Regularly | 153 | (63.8) | 206 | (79.5) | 15.381 | <0.001* |
| Irregularly | 87 | (36.3) | 53 | (20.5) | |||
| Believe in efficiency of Meswak | Yes | 164 | (67.8) | 167 | (63.0) | 1.259 | 0.264 |
| No | 78 | (32.2) | 98 | (37.0) | |||
| Usage of Meswak | Yes | 84 | (34.0) | 51 | (19.4) | 13.981 | <0.001* |
| No | 163 | (66.0) | 212 | (80.6) | |||
| Usage of Meswak daily | Regularly | 56 | (25.7) | 39 | (17.4) | 4.486 | 0.037* |
| Irregularly | 162 | (74.3) | 185 | (82.6) | |||
| Believe in flossing efficiency | Yes | 118 | (48.6) | 176 | (67.2) | 17.961 | <0.001* |
| No | 125 | (51.4) | 86 | (32.8) | |||
| Flossing daily | Regularly | 25 | (13.7) | 54 | (23.4) | 6.242 | 0.016* |
| Irregularly | 158 | (86.3) | 177 | (76.6) | |||
| Believe carbohydrates could cause caries | Yes | 229 | (92.0) | 247 | (92.2) | 0.007 | 1.000 |
| No | 20 | (8.0) | 21 | (7.8) | |||
| Restrict the use of carbohydrates for your health | Yes | 161 | (64.1) | 148 | (55.2) | 4.280 | 0.040* |
| No | 90 | (35.9) | 120 | (44.8) | |||
| Believe in importance of regular dental checkup | Yes | 220 | (89.8) | 249 | (94.3) | 3.589 | 0.070 |
| No | 25 | (10.2) | 15 | (5.7) | |||
| Visit the dental clinic | Regularly | 154 | (65.5) | 199 | (81.6) | 15.859 | <0.001* |
| Irregularly | 81 | (34.5) | 45 | (18.4) | |||
| Gingival bleeding specially after brushing | Yes | 124 | (49.8) | 115 | (43.4) | 2.116 | 0.157 |
| No | 125 | (50.2) | 150 | (56.6) | |||
| Believe that gum bleeding is normal | Yes | 97 | (39.3) | 62 | (23.6) | 14.627 | <0.001* |
| No | 150 | (60.7) | 201 | (76.4) | |||
| Seek periodontal treatment for gingival bleeding | Yes | 78 | (33.3) | 41 | (16.6) | 18.072 | <0.001* |
| No | 156 | (66.7) | 206 | (83.4) | |||
| Suffering from halitosis | Yes | 43 | (17.3) | 40 | (15.4) | 0.332 | 0.631 |
| No | 205 | (82.7) | 219 | (84.6) | |||
| Seek dental treatment for halitosis | Yes | 6 | (4.4) | 4 | (2.9) | 0.041 | 1.000 |
| No | 72 | (52.6) | 55 | (40.1) | |||
| Extracted a tooth previously | Yes | 144 | (58.3) | 157 | (59.9) | 0.139 | 0.719 |
| No | 103 | (41.7) | 105 | (40.1) | |||
| Seek dental replacement for missing teeth | Yes | 162 | (33.9) | 315 | (35.9) | 0.527 | 0.474 |
| No | 75 | (13.5) | 136 | (16.6) | |||
| Having malocclusion | Yes | 118 | (47.6) | 116 | (45.0) | 0.349 | 0.593 |
| No | 130 | (52.4) | 142 | (55.0) | |||
| Seek dental treatment for malocclusion | Yes | 67 | (35.4) | 158 | (26.1) | 3.029 | 0.095 |
| No | 53 | (17.9) | 99 | (20.6) | |||
| Believe that your teeth affect your appearance | Yes | 220 | (89.1) | 230 | (88.5) | 0.047 | 0.889 |
| No | 27 | (10.9) | 30 | (11.5) | |||
| Believe that oral health affect general health | Yes | 226 | (91.5) | 248 | (95.0) | 2.520 | 0.154 |
| No | 21 | (8.5) | 13 | (5.0) | |||
*
Significantly different using chi-square test (P value < 0.05).