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Critical Appraisal

Judul : Oral hygiene status of disabled children and adolescents attending

special schools of South Canara, India

1.pertanyaanpenelitianatau hipotesa :Toevaluatetheoral hygienestatusofdisabled childrenand youngadultsattending

specialschoolsin South Canara, Karnataka, India

2.BentukMetodologi / studytype :Cross Sectionalstudy

3.Apa jumlah sampelmemenuhi :Sampleyang diambiladalah jumlah populasi darimurid sekolah usia 3-20 tahun

dimanastudy dilakukan.

A totalof537 disabled individualsbetween 3 and 20 years(Halaman 2, Parageraf

2)

4.Apakah ada Pembanding :

Tidakadapembanding dalampenelitianini.

5.Apakah ada Randomisasi deanblindingataumasking(pembuatan) :

Tidakada Randomisasi, Blindingataupunmasking.

6. Studyfactor bagaimana carapengukurannya :

Studyfactor:OralHygenesatus

Pengukurannya :

examined byasingleinvestigatorbetween Februaryand April 2002. Oral hygiene

levelswereassessed usingthesimplified oral hygieneindex,and amodified

versionofthisindexwasused toevaluateprimary dentition. Informationregarding

tooth cleaning habitswasobtained by questioningparentsoradultguardians.

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7. Outcome Factordanbagaimana carapengukurannya :

penelitianini hanyamelihatoral hygenestatuspadaanakcacat / khususmaka

outcome danstudyfactornyaadalah sama. ketikastudyfactornyaadalah Oral

hygene,makaoutcomenyaadalah Oral hygenestatus.

Pengukurannya :

examined byasingleinvestigatorbetween Februaryand April 2002. Oral hygiene

levelswereassessed usingthesimplified oral hygieneindex,and amodified

versionofthisindexwasused toevaluateprimary dentition. Informationregarding

tooth cleaning habitswasobtained by questioningparentsoradultguardians.

8.Apakah ujisattistiksudah tepat :

Resultsobtained usingthe OHI-S arerepresented by DI-S and CI-S scores.Sebenarnyaujistatistic yang digunakanpadapenelitian I I adalah sebatasstatistic

deskriptif. tidakadapenjelasanlanjuttentangstatistic apayang digunakansertauji

apa. tapisesuai dengantujuanyang diinginkanmakaujiyang digunakansudahbisa

dikatakan cocoksesuai dengankebutuhanpenelitian.

9. Berapabanyaksampelyang Drop Out danlostfollowup danbagaimana cara

penanggulangannya:

tidakadasample dropoutataupunlostfollowuppadapenelitianini.

10. Apakah kesimpulanmenjawabpertanyaanpenelitianatau hipotesa :

iya,kesimpulanyang diambilsudah sesuai denganpertanyaanpenelitian.

Conclusion. Disabled childrenexperiencegreaterchallengestoproperoral hygiene

and health care,often duetoalackofbasic manualskillsand intellectualabilities

thatprecludesadequatepractices,such astoothbrushing. Organized actionby

Indias dentalprofessionalsand communityand public health authoritiesis

required toaddressthe discrepanciesinoral health and hygieneamong disabled

childrenand addressthebarrierstoeducationand carethatinclude cost,fear,and

socialattitudes.