Examination of individuals' attitudes and behaviors towards oral and dental health via Statistical Methods: Afyonkarahisar province sample

In this study, it was aimed to determine the effects of attitudes on behaviors of individuals by examining their attitudes and behaviors based on information and fear on oral and dental health. For this purpose, data was collected from a total of 350 patients who were treated for treatment in April-May 2019 in private dental clinics in Afyonkarahisar. In addition to the descriptive statistical analysis, descriptive factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were applied to the collected data. Attitudes and behaviors of individuals based on knowledge and fear were determined and their attitudes which had an effect on oral and external health behaviors were determined. According to the results obtained from the study, fear-based attitudes were determined as the most effective factor on the behaviors based on fear, whereas knowledge-based attitudes were determined as the most effective factor on knowledge-based behaviors. Other findings are given in related tables and figures.