Overview awareness and satisfaction Universitas Jambi medical students towards the use of social media as an oral health literacy platform

Zilzikridini Wijayanti; Denok Tri Hardiningsih; Tengku Arief Buana Perkasa; Afifah Amatullah

doi:10.22437/proca.v1i2.50289

Authors

Zilzikridini Wijayanti Department of Public Health Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Jambi
Denok Tri Hardiningsih Department of Phytopharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Jambi
Tengku Arief Buana Perkasa Department of Biochemistry and Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Jambi
Afifah Amatullah Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Jambi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22437/proca.v1i2.50289

Keywords:

social media, oral health literacy, medical, awareness, satisfaction

Abstract

Background: Social media has changed how people view oral health literacy, thus potentially increasing user awareness and satisfaction with oral health knowledge, especially among medical students. Objective: Specifically observing the awareness and satisfaction of medical students at University of Jambi toward using social media as an oral health literacy platform Methods: This observational cross-sectional study uses a non-probability purposive sampling design with the criteriia of medical students at University of Jambi who are still active and use social media to seek oral helath literacy. This study uses a special questionnaire about what platfoms are frequenly used and what sources of information ore commonly viewed to increase respondent literacy and a Likert scale to observe satisfaction. SPSS is used to find the frequency distribution. Results: The 292 respondents, the most widely used platform by medical students at University of Jambi is Instagram (10,3%) in the 19-59 age group (25,9%), in the class of 2025 (22%), and among female gender (22%). The most frequently viewed source of information by respondents is the account of a dentist/dental specialist (8,3%) in the 19-59 age group, the class of 2022 (27,7%), and most dominantly in female students (23,3%). The satisfaction level of the majority of respondents was “Satisfied” (53,3%), which wa mostly felt by the 19-59 age group, women, and the class of 2023. Conclusion: The frequency distribution of awareness and satisfaction that studied respondents, specifically medical students, hand unique and diverse frequency distribution in using social media as an oral health literacy platform.

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Author Biographies

Zilzikridini Wijayanti, Department of Public Health Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Jambi

Department of Public Health Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Jambi

Denok Tri Hardiningsih, Department of Phytopharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Jambi

Department of Phytopharmacy, Medical Program, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Jambi

Tengku Arief Buana Perkasa, Department of Biochemistry and Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Jambi

Department of Biochemistry and Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Jambi

Afifah Amatullah, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Jambi

Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Jambi

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