Relationship between mother’s individual characteristics and mother’s behavior about children’s oral health (study in Elementary School Age Children in Bintaro, Jakarta)

Annisa Asriyanto Septalita (FKG UPDM (B))

Journal of Dentomaxillofacial Science
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 Background               : There are some individual characteristics variables including age, level of education and socioeconomic. Age, level of education and socioeconomic affect a person's behavior in health including oral health. Mother's behavior about oral health is a significant factor affecting children's oral health. At elementary school age, children are often unable to perform their self-care behavior independently, so they need the role of parents, especially mothers in maintaining their oral health. Objectives: Explain correlation between mother’s individual characteristics (age, level of education and socioeconomic) and mother’s behavior (knowledge, attitude and practice) about children’s oral health of elementary school in Bintaro. Method: This research is a quantitative analytic study with cross sectional design. The study sample consisted of 290 mother with simple random sampling technique. Results: The result were obtained using pearson correlation test and spearman correlation test showed a significant correlation between mother’s individual characteristics and mother’s behavior about children’s oral health (p<0,05). Conclusion: There is eight significant and positive correlations and there is one significant and negative correlation is correlation between age and mother’s practice about children’s oral health.