PENGARUH SYSTEMATIC ORAL CARE DENGAN MADU TERHADAP DISFUNGSI RONGGA MULUT AKIBAT KEMOTERAPI PADA ANAK USIA 3-12 TAHUN
Abstract: Mouth cavity
dysfunction is one of the side effects of chemotherapy. Most of the children
who is taking chemotherapy will experience mouth cavity dysfunction. If this
case is not being handled sooner, it will result on the dysfunction of nutrient
balance which will result on the decrease of life quality of the children who
suffer from cancer. One solution which is recommended to handle mouth cavity
dysfunction nowadays is using oral care with honey. This study was aimed at
investigating the effect of systematic oral care with honey toward mouth cavity
dysfunction caused by chemotherapy on children of 3-12 years. This study is
pre- experimental study (one group pre – test dan post- test design without
control group). The sample of this study consists of 24 children with the age
among 3-12 years old, in which the sample was gained through total sampling.
The data of mouth cavity dysfunction employed Beck Oral Assessment Scale. All
of the respondents were given systematic oral care with honey based on five
days BOAS. The result of the study shows that there was a difference on the
average decline of the score of mouth cavity dysfunction before and after the
systematic oral care with honey was given. Before the treatment, the average
score of mouth cavity disorder was 13.17, and after the treatment was given,
the average score of mouth cavity disorder was 8.67. Based on the result of
statistics Dependent “t” test, it was gained that the score of p =0.000, meaning that p<a (0.05). It can
be concluded that there is an effect of systematic oral care with honey toward
moth cavity dysfunction resulted from chemotherapy on children of 3-12 years.
Penulis: Gusti Ayu Anik Sutari
Kode Jurnal: jpkeperawatandd140166
