THE MOTIVATION OF ORAL HEALTH MAINTENANCE IN CHILDREN WITH MEDICALLY COMPROMISED

Abstract

Health motivation refers to encouragement in someone to take an action or behave associated with maintenance and efforts to improve health. Nowadays, oral health is as important as the health of the body. In some practicing dentists has also seen an increasing number of patients in ill health with comorbidities that complicate care, so consultation with a physician who handles the condition is necessary. This condition is called medically compromised. Purpose: To determine the motivation of oral health maintenance as well as the relationship between the level of motivation with the type of medically compromised patient in General Hospital Center Makassar Dr.Wahidin Sudirohusodo. Method : This type of research is using observational analytic method with cross-sectional survey approach. Result : 13,10% of children with high level motivation, 76,80% medium and 10,10% has lower motivation and there is a signifficant relationship between the rate of referral to dentist and the motivation level of oral health maintenance to the type of diagnosis of disease in children with medically compromised. Conclusion: Mayority of children with medically compromised shows lower oral health maintenance than the healthy children. When compared, children with thalassemia has a lower motivation than the cardiac, leukemia, and nephrotic syndrome. This might be caused among all types of disease, thalassemia shows the highest behavioral and knowledges disorders, so the role of the environment in children with this condition are extremely influential in building the motivation.