Prevalence of oral breathing in college students

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The development of the study focused on the research question: What is the prevalence of oral breathing in college students? METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study in which questionnaires Warning Signs self-examination and oral breathing, developed by: Depar-tamento da Motricidade Orofacial da Sociedade Brasilera da Fonoaudiología, applied to 370 stu-dents of the Universidad de Pamplona. The study variables were classified into two groups of the warning signs of oral breathing related to: a) nasal obstruction, and, b) sleep disorders. RESULTS: Regarding the analysis of multifactorial ANOVA for each of the questionnaire items, the positive relationship for the variables “cheeks” and “long face” with the faculty to which the student belongs is highlighted. On the other hand to determine the outcome of the forms of association questions autoxamen and warning signs, he had a dendrogram using distances ward and a second Dendrogram using average distances, throwing each April 1 clulster or groups by characteristics neighbors distant and average distances respectively. ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION: The study shows a high prevalence of signs and warning signs of oral breathing in the population. The evi-dence revolves around studies population less than 17 years so it should continue to analyze the causes and consequences of this situation in university students CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence study was classified as high with an average ratio of 1 in 3 students in each variable.