Faculty of Dentistry, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia.
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia.
Ethiop J Health Sci. 2024 Jan;34(1):65-72. doi: 10.4314/ejhs.v34i1.8.
Children with disability have a risk of poor dental health because of their mental and physical limitations. They depend on caregivers in their daily life Parents have an important role in maintaining children's dental health. Parents attitudes can be influenced by parents' perceptions of children's dental health. This study explored parental perceptions regarding the dental and oral health of children with special needs in Bandung City.
This study utilized a descriptive observational research using a cross-sectional survey. The subjects in this study were 239 parents who had children aged 0-18 years who were taken from 9 special schools. The variables of this study were parents' perceptions and the dental and oral health status of children with disability. Primary data were obtained through a validated questionnaire.
Parents' perceptions of the dental and oral health of children with disability consists of 84.94% good enough perceptions, 12.13% good perceptions, and 2.93% bad perceptions.
Most parents have a fairly good perception of the dental and oral health of children with special needs.
由于身体和精神上的限制，残疾儿童的口腔健康状况往往不佳。他们在日常生活中依赖照顾者。父母在维护儿童口腔健康方面起着重要作用。父母的态度可能会受到他们对儿童口腔健康的看法的影响。本研究旨在探讨万隆市特殊需要儿童的父母对其口腔健康的看法。
本研究采用描述性观察研究，采用横断面调查。本研究的对象是 239 名年龄在 0-18 岁之间的特殊学校儿童的家长。本研究的变量是父母对残疾儿童口腔健康的看法和残疾儿童的口腔健康状况。主要数据通过经过验证的问卷获得。
残疾儿童口腔健康的父母看法包括 84.94%的看法为“足够好”，12.13%的看法为“好”，2.93%的看法为“差”。
大多数父母对特殊需要儿童的口腔健康有相当好的看法。
