Bjørn Waagsbø, Morten Tranung, Jan Kristian Damås, Lars Heggelund
Antimicrobial therapy of community-acquired pneumonia during stewardship efforts and a coronavirus pandemic: an observational study
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oral health important part public health crucial health promotion enhancing quality life research examined childhood oral selfcare behavior related factors using extended theory planned behavior tpb crosssectional study conducted 368 sixthgrade elementary school students saveh city iran 2019 students selected using random multistage sampling method instrument included sociodemographic questions tpb constructs action coping plan items data analyzed spss software version 21 alpha level p 005 overall 24 66 students never used toothbrushes 222 627 never used dental floss 298 827 students never used mouthwash stepwise multiple linear regression analysis results indicated tpb action coping planning constructs better predictive power original model final model coping planning 28 intention 24 action planning 23 perceived behavior control 15 important predictors oral selfcare behavior results indicated oral selfcare behavior status iranian elementary students favorable extended model tpb action coping plan constructs significant predictors selfcare behavior therefore findings emphasize need expanding educational interventions based extended model tpb improve oral selfcare behavior students