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Oral health literacy in Malang City, Indonesia

Gayatri RW, Deniati EN, Saub RB

J Public Health Afr, 2022 Dec 07;13(Suppl 2):2414.
PMID: 37497136 DOI: 10.4081/jphia.2022.2414

Dental and oral health are the main indicators of health, well-being, and quality of life. The concept of Oral Health Literacy (OHL) has become important because it regards individual capacity to understand and use dental information to transform into oral health behaviours. Thus, the aim of this study was to discover and describe the OHL status of adults in Malang City and its relationship with sociodemographic status so that it can be used as a basis for making policy. This study used observational analytical study design involving 450 respondents in Malang by quota random sampling method. The data was collected by the self-administered 29-item HeLD-ID (Health Literacy in Dentistry Indonesian Version) questionnaire. The study resulted that the overall HeLD-ID score was 3.68±0.69. The HeLDID score significant difference was affected by sex (p<0.05) and the other sociodemographic determinants (age, last education, and income) were not. However, there were significant differences of HeLD scores in communication domain (p<0.05) affected by age, sex, and income.
Android application for type 2 diabetes mellitus

Gayatri RW, Katmawanti S, Wardani HE, Low WY

Enferm Clin, 2021 04;31 Suppl 2:S311-S315.
PMID: 33849188 DOI: 10.1016/j.enfcli.2020.09.019

The purpose of this study is to develop an interactive service for people with DM and design a product specifically for the Android operating system. This study employs a research and development (R&D) design. The research phase consisted of a situation analysis, data collection, product design, expert validation, product revision, product tryout, and final revision. The research instrument was a questionnaire. Data analysis involved descriptive quantitative in percentage form. The results of the validation from the Android application experts, which focused on display quality, technical concerns, audio, and video quality, were found at 93.75% (very acceptable). In addition, the results of the validity assessment from the material experts, including general health experts and nutritionists, reached 98.08% (very acceptable) and 86.54% (very feasible), respectively. Based on the results of expert validation, the application design is categorized as very acceptable for development as a DM interactive service product.
Smart Oral Health: A Mobile Application for Dental Caries and Oral Hygiene Self-examination

Gayatri RW, Alma LR, Ashar M, Mohd Nor NA

Asia Pac J Public Health, 2023 Nov;35(8):552-554.
PMID: 37837292 DOI: 10.1177/10105395231204987
Fulltext Behavioral risk factors and periodontal disease in Malang, Indonesia

Gayatri RW, Tama TD, Alma LR, Yun LW, Savira L, Kuroidah A

Gac Sanit, 2021 12 22;35 Suppl 2:S438-S440.
PMID: 34929871 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2021.10.071

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to analyze the relationship of behavioral risk factors for periodontal disease among 19-64 age group in Malang City.
METHOD: A non-experimental quantitative analytic with a cross sectional study approach was used in this study. The respondents were 331 patients who visited the dental clinics of the Health Centers in Malang City. A cluster random sampling technique was used in this study. The instrument used was questionnaire. The data analysis was done through multivariate analyses use logistic-regression.
RESULTS: The Wald test results on logistic-regression models showed there is no significant effect of smoking habits and consumption patterns on periodontal disease. There is a significant effect of systemic disease on periodontal disease with a significance value of 0.000 (p<0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: There was a significant relationship and effect between systemic disease and periodontal disease in this study.