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ABSTRAK
Masalah terbesar yang dialami oleh orang berkebutuhan khusus di Indonesia adalah kemampuan untuk mengurus dirinya sendiri. Keadaan fisik mereka berpengaruh terhadap personal hygiene mereka. Disabilitas erat kaitannya dengan kesehatan baik fisik maupun mental. Disabilitas banyak dilatarbelakangi masalah kesehatan, dan sebaliknya kondisi disabilitas juga dapat memengaruhi kesehatan. Diperlukan pelayanan khusus sesuai kebutuhan khusus dari disabilitas yang dimiliknya.
Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui gambaran personal hygiene, sarana sanitasi dasar, serta keluhan kesehatan penyandang disabilitas di Panti Karya Hephata Laguboti Kabupaten Toba Samosir.
Jenis penelitian ini adalah deksriptif dengan rancangan cross sectional. Populasi penelitian ini adalah seluruh penyandang disabilitas yang tinggal di Panti Karya Hephata Laguboti sebanyak 63 orang dan sampel sebanyak 63 orang
Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa personal hygiene penyandang disabilitas di Panti Karya Hephata sebagian besar dikatakan buruk (71,4%), sarana sanitasi dasar di Panti Karya Hephata Laguboti seluruhnya d ikatakan tidak sehat (100%), serta keluhan kesehatan di Panti Karya Hephata Laguboti lebih banyak mengalami keluhan gatal-gatal (52,4%).
Disarankan bagi petugas Panti yang merawat para penyandanng disabilitas agar lebih meningkatkan pengawasan khusus dalam hal personal hygiene khususnya bagi penyandang tuna grahita, dan memperhatikan sarana sanitasi dasar terutama tempat sampah agar lebih termanfaatkan dengan baik.
Kata Kunci: Personal Hygiene, Sarana Sanitasi Dasar, Keluhan Kesehatan, Penyandang Disabilitas
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ABSTRACT
The most problems for people with disability is the ability to take care of themselves. Their physical also can affect their personal hygiene. Disability has the closely relation with mental and phisical health. Disability caused by many health problem and the other wise the condition of disability also affect the health. Needed special service to the specific needs of its disability.
This aim of the research is to reveal the personal hygiene of the difable person, basic sanitayion, and health problem at Panti Karya Hephata Laguboti Regency of Toba Samosir.
This research is descriptive with crosssectioonal study design. The study population was all over the difable who stay in Panti Karya Hephata Laguboti as many as 63 difables and samples of all over the difables as many as 63 difables.
The results showed that the image of personal hygiene on the respondents most of was poor (71,4%), the image of basic sanitation at Panti Karya Hephata Laguboti all off the hostel wass not healthy (100%), and the health problem more respondent at Panti Karya Hephata had the itching problem with their skin (52,4%).
It is suggested to the officer who care the difables to increase special attention in personal hygiene especially for mentally disabled persons, and more attention for bassic sanitation especiallt for trash can so that can be used well.
Keyword : Personal Hygiene, Basic Sanitaion, Health Problem, Disability Person.
