Behavioral risk factors and periodontal disease in Malang, Indonesia

• Main Authors: Gayatri, Rara Warih, Tama, Tika Dwi, Alma, Lucky Radhita, Yun, Low Wah, Savira, Lita, Kuroidah, Asmi
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: R Medicine; RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/28248/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the relationship of behavioral risk factors for periodontal disease among 19-64 age group in Malang City. Method: A non-experimental quantitative analytic with a cross sectional study approach was used in this study. The respondents were 331 patients who visited the dental clinics of the Health Centers in Malang City. A cluster random sampling technique was used in this study. The instrument used was questionnaire. The data analysis was done through multivariate analyses use logistic -regression. Results: The Wald test results on logistic -regression models showed there is no significant effect of smoking habits and consumption patterns on periodontal disease. There is a significant effect of systemic disease on periodontal disease with a significance value of 0.000 (p <005) Conclusions: There was a significant relationship and effect between systemic disease and periodontal disease in this study. (C) 2021 SESPAS. Published by Elsevier Espaila, S.L.U.