Hubungan antara Faktor Sosiodemografi dan Prilaku Perawat Gigi pada Penggunaan Fluor untuk Pencegahan Karies

The high case of caries in Indonesia is partly caused by the lack of fluor usage in teeth care. A dental nurse has responsibility in reducing caries due to their capability in promoting and preventing caries. Implementation of fluor, however, depends the length of duty and the treatment of dental nurse including their knowledge, attitude and implementation. Therefore, the study on relationship among those factors and the action of fluor usage should be done. The study on relationship between sociodemographic factors and the treatment of dental nurse in implementing of the fluor to prevent caries was carried out from September to October 2003. Thirty-seven respondents of dental nurse were chosen by non randomly sampling formula of n = NI {1 + N (0,05)2} from all forty dental nurses backgrounder with SPRG (dental nursery school) work in Semarang city. An effective variable is sociodemographic factors, such as length of duty, while affective variable is behavior of dental nurse, such as knowledge, attitude and achievement of dental nurse. The implementation instrument used was questioner. The data observed were analyzed by regression correlation and were descriptively discussed. The results showed most of respondent have good knowledge and attitude, while the implementations were fair. It can be concluded that there was no relationship between sociodemographic factors and the length of duty, including knowledge, attitude and achievement in the use of fluor for preventing caries. A further study on a wider working area with specific education level was suggested. Key words: sociodemografic, behavior, fluo