Pendahuluan: Lansia adalah kelompok masyarakat berusia di atas 60 tahun dan mengalami proses penuaan seperti perubahan fisik, kognitif, psikososial, maupun rongga mulut. Salah satu perubahan rongga mulut yang terjadi adalah kehilangan seluruh gigi yang dapat ditatalaksana dengan menggunakan Gigi Tiruan Lengkap (GTL) yang berfungsi untuk memperbaiki fungsi estetik, fonetik, dan mastikasi. Salah satu faktor penting dalam menjaga kebersihan GTL yaitu pemberian instruksi secara lisan dan tulisan untuk membentuk perilaku pasien ke arah yang lebih baik. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis perbedaan perilaku lansia sebelum dan sesudah diberikan instruksi pembersihan GTL secara lisan dan tulisan. Metode: Jenis penelitian ini eksperimental dengan rancangan one group pre and post test menggunakan kuesioner berisikan 15 pertanyaan dan total responden sebanyak 25 lansia di Panti Wredha Wisma Mulia dengan 16 wanita dan 9 pria. Pengambilan data dilakukan sebanyak 2 kali pertemuan dengan individu yang sama yaitu hari pertama kunjungan dan 2 minggu setelah kunjungan pertama. Perilaku lansia dinilai dari kuesioner dan dianalisis menggunakan uji Wilcoxon Signed Rank. Hasil: Perilaku awal pasien GTL lansia termasuk kategori buruk dan mengalami peningkatan ke kategori baik setelah diberikan instruksi lisan dan tulisan berupa leaflet dengan nilai uji Wilcoxon Signed Rank didapatkan nilai p=0,000. Simpulan: Terdapat perbedaan perilaku lansia sebelum dan sesudah pemberian instruksi instruksi lisan dan tulisan dalam bentuk leaflet pembersihan gigi tiruan lengkap, dimana perilaku pasien berubah ke arah yang lebih baik yang dinilai dari data sebelum dan sesudah diberikan. ABSTRACTIntroduction: Elderly are a group of people aged over 60 years and experiencing the ageing process in the physical, cognitive, psychosocial, and oral aspects. One of the changes in the oral cavity is teeth loss, which can be managed using a complete denture to improve aesthetic, phonetic, and masticatory functions. One of the essential factors in maintaining complete denture hygiene is delivering proper verbal and non-verbal instructions to improve the patient’s behaviour. This study was aimed to analyse the differences in the behaviour of the elderly before and after educated with verbal and non-verbal complete denture cleaning instructions. Methods: Experimental research with a one group pre- and post-test design using a questionnaire containing 15 questions was conducted towards 25 elderly respondents in Wisma Mulia Nursing Home, 16 females and 9 males. Data collection was carried out in 2 meetings with the same individual—the first day of the visit and two weeks after. The behaviour of the elderly was assessed from a questionnaire and analysed using the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test. Results: The initial behaviour of the elderly with complete denture was in the poor category and increased to the good category after being educated with verbal and non-verbal instructions in the form of leaflets with a Wilcoxon Signed Rank test value, p=0.000. Conclusions: There are differences in the behaviour of the elderly before and after being educated with verbal and non-verbal instructions in the form of complete denture cleaning leaflets, where the patient’s behaviour changes for the better, which is assessed from the data before and after education.
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