Psycho-Education on Knowledge of Oral Hygiene and Psychological Distress to the Parents with Leukemia Children

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1 Faculty of Nursing Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya Indonesia.

2 Soetomo General Hospital, Surabaya, Indonesia.

3 Faculty of Medicine Universitas Airlangga,Surabaya, Indonesia.

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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. 
 

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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
Volume 22, Issue 2
February 2021
Pages 485-490

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  • Receive Date: 17 November 2020
  • Revise Date: 22 February 2021
  • Accept Date: 26 February 2021

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