Hubungan pengetahan kesehatan gigi dan mulut dengan status karies pada pemulung di tempat pembuangan akhir Sumompo Manado

Authors

  • Ollivia R. Anggow
  • Christy N. Mintjelungan
  • P. S. Anindita

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35790/eg.5.1.2017.14783

Abstract

Abstract: The knowledge of dental and oral health is very essential to the formation of one's actions in the maintenance of his/her dental and oral health. One of the most common oral disease in Indonesian citizen is dental caries. This study was aimed to determine the relationship between the knowledge of oral health status and caries among scavengers in Sumompo Manado. This was a descriptive analytical study with a cross sectional design. There were 78 scavengers aged 18-45 years old as respondents obtained by using purposive sampling method. The results showed that the highest percentages of knowledge about oral health and caries status were in less knowledge with high caries status by an average of 32.1%. The chi-square test obtained a p value of 0.027. Conclusion: There was a significant relationship between oral health knowledge and caries status of scavengers in Sumompo Manado.

Keywords: oral health knowledge, scavengers, caries

 

Abstrak: Pengetahuan kesehatan gigi dan mulut sangat penting untuk terbentuknya tindakan seseorang dalam pemeliharaan kesehatan gigi dan mulut. Salah satu penyakit gigi dan mulut yang paling banyak diderita masyarakat Indonesia ialah karies gigi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara pengetahuan kesehatan gigi dan mulut dengan status karies pada pemulung di Tempat Pembuangan Akhir Sumompo (TPA) Manado. Jenis penelitian ialah deskriptif analitik dengan desain potong lintang. Responden penelitian ialah pekerja pemulung yang umumnya pada kelompok usia 18-45 tahun sebanyak 78 orang. Metode pengambilan sampel secara purposive sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan pengetahuan responden tentang kesehatan gigi dan mulut dan status karies paling banyak ditemukan pada pengetahuan kurang dengan status karies tinggi yaitu sebesar 32,1%. Berdasarkan uji Chi-Square didapatkan p value 0,027 (p < 0,05). Simpulan: Terdapat hubungan bermakna antara pengetahuan kesehatan gigi dan mulut dengan status karies pekerja pemulung di Tempat Pembuangan Akhir Sumompo Manado.

Kata kunci: pengetahuan kesehatan gigi dan mulut, pekerja pemulung, status karies

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Anggow, O. R., Mintjelungan, C. N., & Anindita, P. S. (2017). Hubungan pengetahan kesehatan gigi dan mulut dengan status karies pada pemulung di tempat pembuangan akhir Sumompo Manado. E-GiGi, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.35790/eg.5.1.2017.14783

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2017): e-GiGi

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