Hubungan Antara Motivasi Dengan Sikap Pencegahan Karies Gigi Pada Anak Usia Sekolah Kelas 4,5,6 di SD 1 Pedungan Ida Ayu Mirah Pradnya Dewi Fakultas Kesehatan Program Studi Sarjana Keperawatan Institud Teknologi Dan Kesehatan Bali Email : [email protected] ABSTRAK Latar Belakang : Masalah kebersihan gigi dan mulut sering terjadi pada anak usia 10 - 15 tahun. Karies gigi jika dibiarkan akan menyebabkan terjadinya timbul radang saraf pada gigi yang akan membuat gigi terasa sakit dan dapat mengurangi kualitas hidup seorang anak . Tujuan : Menga nalisa hubungan antara motivasi dan sikap pencegahan karies gigi pada anak usia sekolah kelas 4,5,6 di SD 1 Pedungan. Metode : Penelitian ini menggunakan desain analitik korelasi dengan pendekatan cross sectional . Pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik non probability sampling dengan memakai total sampel sebanyak 183 siswa. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan kuesioner motivasi dan sikap pencegahan karies gigi dengan menggunakan uji korelasi Sperman’s Rho . Hasil : Hasil penelitian menunjukan motivasi tinggi seban yak 148 responden (80,9%), sikap baik sebanyak 133 orang (72,7%) . Dari hasil analisa bivariat pada kedua variabel ditemukan ada hubungan yang signifikan antara motivasi dan sikap pencegahan karies gigi. Kesimpulan : Motivasi merupakan hal yang sangat pen ting tertanam pada anak sejak dini karena adanya motivasi pada anak dapat mendorong anak melakukan sikap baik untuk mencegah karies gigi. Hendaknya orang tua dan guru selalu memantau atau memberikan contoh baik kepada siswa agar selalu mempertahankan dan termotivasi untuk selalu menjaga kesehatan gigi. Kata Kunci : Motivasi Pencegahan Karies Gigi, Sikap Pencegahan Karies Gigi, Karies gig

The Correlation between Motivation and Behavior of Dental Caries prevention of Children in Grade 4,5,6 at Pedungan Elementary School Ida Ayu Mirah Pradnya Dewi Faculty of Health Bachelor of Nursing Program Institute of Technology and Science Bali Email : [email protected] ABSTRACT Background : Dental and oral hygiene problems often occur in children aged 10 - 15 years. Dental caries causes the occurrence of nerve inflammation in the teeth. It causes toothache and can reduce the quality of life of a child Purpose : To determine the correlation between motivation and behavior of dental caries prevention of children in grade 4,5,6 at Pedungan elementary school. Method : This study employed correl ative analytic design with cross sectional approach. There were 183 respondents recruited as the sample, which were selected through non probability sampling. The data were collected by using questionnaire and analyzed by using spearman rho correlation tes t. Result : The finding showed that there were 148 respondents (80.9%) had good motivation and 133 respondents (72.7%) had good behavior. The bivariate analysis indicated that there was a significant correlation between motivation and behavior of dental c aries prevention of children. Conclusion : Motivation is a very important to children because it encourage s the child to do a good behavior to prevent dental caries. Parents and teachers should always monitor or provide a good example for students to alway s maintain and be motivated to always maintain dental hygiene. Keywords : motivation of dental caries prevention, behavior of dental caries prevention, dental caries