EDUKASI MENGGOSOK GIGI TERHADAP KEMAMPUAN ANAK MENGGOSOK GIGI PADA ANAK TUNAGRAHITA DI SLB SHANTI YOGA KLATEN

Abstract

Mentally disabled children have a level of intelligence that is so low that
to learn developmental task requires special assistance or services, especially in
the need for education and guidance programs. Children with intellectual
disabilities in SLB Shanti Yoga Klaten still lack understanding in brushing their
teeth properly. So that mentally disabled students only brush their teeth in certain
parts that only students understand. One effort to improve the ability to brush
teeth against mentally retarded children is to brush their teeth.This study aimed
to determine the effect of brushing teeth on children's ability to brush teeth in
mentally retarded children.
This type of research uses a quasi-experimental research with pre and
posttest without control design. The sample in this study were mentally retarded
children with IQ> 50. The instrument used was a tooth brushing ability
questionnaire that was adopted and validation was tested. Bivariate statistical
test using paired t-test.The average age of children who became respondents in
this study was 7-8 years with male gender that is 11 children. The ability to brush
teeth pretest obtained an average value of 6 with a standard deviation of 2.521,
while for posttest obtained a value of 8.61 with a standard deviation of 2.913, the
results of the statistical test Paired T-Test obtained the results of <alpha (0.000
<0.05).There is an effect of brushing teeth on the ability of children to brush their
teeth in mentally retarded children in SLB Shanti Yoga Klaten.