KEBUTUHAN INTERVENSI KEPERAWATAN GIGI SEHUBUNGAN DENGAN KONDISI KEBERSIHAN RONGGA MULUT LANSIA DESA SANGGRAHAN TLOGOADI MLATI SLEMAN YOGYAKARTA

• Main Authors: , INDRIA PURNAMA Y H, , drg. Goeno Subagyo, Sp. O.
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2013
• Subjects: ETD
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/124971/; http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=65135
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

The growth of the elderly population in Indonesia was high category. Nowadays there would be more elderly who still had tooth, so need the maintenance of oral hygiene so that the oral health of elderly could be achieved optimally. The purpose of this study was to know the needs of dental hygiene intervention in relation to oral hygiene of elderly at Posyandu Lansia Sanggrahan Village Tlogoadi Mlati Sleman Yogyakarta. This study was a descriptive observational study with a cross sectional design. The subjects of this study were 41 elderly both men and women who were participants of the Posyandu Lansia Sanggrahan Village Tlogoadi Mlati Sleman Yogyakarta, used consecutive sampling technique. The oral hygiene assessment used Brief Oral Health Status Examination (BOHSE) methods by Kayser-Jones. Score of 0 determine as good, score of 1 need the dental hygiene intervention and score of 2 need refer to dentist. The results were analyzed descriptively and presented through the tables and percentage diagram. The results of this study showed 21,9% of subjects need the dental hygiene intervention and 53,7% of subjects need refer to dentist. The conclusion of this study was most of the elderly in Sanggrahan Village Tlogoadi need the dental hygiene interventions and refer to dentist. The dental hygiene interventions can be given education, motivation and scaling.