TY - JOUR ID - 89478 TI - Psycho-Education on Knowledge of Oral Hygiene and Psychological Distress to the Parents with Leukemia Children JO - Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention JA - APJCP LA - en SN - 1513-7368 AU - Krisnana, Ilya AU - Kurnia, Iqlima Dwi AU - Pujiati, Pujiati AU - Ugrasena, I Dewa Gede AU - Arief, Yuni Sufyanti AD - Faculty of Nursing Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya Indonesia. AD - Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia. AD - Faculty of Medicine Universitas Airlangga,Surabaya, Indonesia. Y1 - 2021 PY - 2021 VL - 22 IS - 2 SP - 485 EP - 490 KW - psycho-education KW - Oral hygiene KW - Psychological distress KW - Leukemia DO - 10.31557/APJCP.2021.22.2.485 N2 - Objective: To analyze the effect of psycho-educational intervention on knowledge of oral hygiene and psychological distress to the parents of children suffering from leukemia. Methods: Design of this study was a quasi-experimental pre-posttest control group design. The sample were 70 mothers who had children with leukemia (intervention group = 35 mothers; control group = 35 mothers). The independent variable was psycho-educational, while the dependent variables were oral hygiene knowledge and psychological distress. The instruments used were the knowledge questionnaire and the Depression-Anxiety-Stress Scale (DASS-21). Data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed rank test and the Mann Whitney U-test with the significance α =0.05. Results: The knowledge most widely known by parents was about how to perform of oral care (37.3%). All parameters of knowledge about oral hygiene have increased after being given a psycho-educational intervention. Psycho-educational interventions had an effect on reducing psychological distress; depression (p=0.000), anxiety (p=0.001) and stress (p=0.000). Conclusion: Most parents whose children suffer from cancer experience psychological distress in the form of depression, anxiety and stress with a range of symptoms ranging from mild to moderate. Psycho-educational interventions can increase knowledge about oral hygiene and decrease psychological distress in parents.    UR - https://journal.waocp.org/article_89478.html L1 - https://journal.waocp.org/article_89478_dae6cfc5e899f7584292235c936995d6.pdf ER -