Faktor-faktor yang Mempengaruhi Perilaku Pemeliharaan Kebersihan gigi dan Mulut Ibu Hamil di Puskesmas Kabupaten Kupang
Authors: Applonia Applonia , Priyono Bambang , Widyanti Niken 
Published: November 2016

Pada masa kehamilan, rongga mulut mudah mengalami peradangan karena adanya perubahan hormonal yang menyebabkan gingiva menjadi sensitif bila kesehatan mulut tidak terjaga. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui faktor – faktor yang mempengaruhi perilaku pemeliharaan kebersihan gigi dan mulut ibu hamil di Puskesmas Kabupaten Kupang. Penelitian observasional analitik dengan rancangan cross sectional dilakukan dengan mengambil subyek penelitian 97 ibu hamil. Variabel bebas terdiri dari pengetahuan, sikap, dan kebiasaan menginang sedangkan variabel terikat terdiri dari perilaku pemeliharaan kebersihan gigi dan mulut ibu hamil. Alat ukur penelitian ini menggunakan kuesioner yang disusun dengan metode Likert untuk mengukur variabel sikap dan perilaku pemeliharaan kebersihan gigi dan mulut ibu hamil. Kuesioner dengan dua pilihan (benar atau tidak benar) untuk mengukur variabel pengetahuan serta kuesioner pilihan ganda untuk mengukur variabel kebiasaan menginang. Kuesioner tersebut telah diuji validitas dan reliabilitas. Analisis data menggunakan uji korelasi product moment dan regresi berganda pada tingkat signifikan α< 0,05. Hasil analisis regresi berganda menunjukkan variabel pengetahuan, sikap, dan kebiasaan menginang, berkolerasi secara signifikan dengan perilaku pemeliharaan kebersihan gigi dan mulut (F = 21,890, p= 0,000). Ketiga variabel tersebut secara bersama – sama memberikan kontribusi sebesar 41,6%. Pengetahuan memberikan pengaruh paling besar terhadap perilaku pemeliharaan kebersihan gigi dan mulut. Semakin baik pengetahuan dan sikap terhadap pemeliharaan kebersihan gigi dan mulut, dan semakin kurang frekuensi menginang, semakin baik frekuensi kebersihan gigi dan mulut ibu hamil.Factors Affecting Oral And Dental Hygiene Maintaining Behaviour Of The Pregnant Women In Public Health Centre Of Kupang Regency. During pregnancy, woman’s oral cavity becomes inflamed easily due to hormonal changes so that gingiva becomes sensitive if the oral hygiene is not well maintained. The purpose of this study is to examine factors that influence the oral and dental hygiene maintaining behavior of pregnant women at Public Health Centre of Kupang Regency. An observational analytical study with cross sectional design was conducted on 97 pregnant women as the subject research. Independent variables were knowledge, attitude and betel chewing habit, and dependant variables were oral and dental hygiene maintaining behavior of pregnant women. Variables of attitude, oral and dental hygiene maintaining behavior of the pregnant women was assed using questionnaire with Likert Scale method. Questionnaire with two options (true and false) was used to measure knowledge variable, and multiple choice questionnaires were used to measure betel chewing habitvariable. Questionnaire was tested its validity and reliability. The data were analyzed using the multiple regression analysis at the significant rate α< 0,05. The result of multiple regression analysis showed that knowledge, attitude and betel chewing habit correlated very significantly on oral and dental hygiene maintaining behavior (F = 22.052, p = 0.000.), and those three variables gave collectively contributionof 41.6% on oral and dental hygiene maintaining behavior, while betel chewing habit correlated negatively on oral and dental hygiene maintaining behavior. Knowledge variable gave the greatest contribution on the oral and dental hygiene maintaining behavior. The better knowledge and attitude on oral and dental hygiene maintaining behavior and the less frequent betel chewing habit were, the better the oral and dental hygiene maintaining behavior will be.