Aim To assess the prevalence of dental caries among autism spectrum disorders (ASD) children in Surabaya, Indonesia, and to explore the association between oral health-related behaviors comprising toothbrushing, snacking and dental visiting and the severity of caries. Methods The prevalence and severity of caries were assessed using DMF-T/dmf-t and PUFA/pufa indexes for mixed dentitions. The parents or carers’ responses were collected to identify the oral health-related behaviors that were associated with caries severity. Results This study shows that almost 79% of ASD children in Surabaya were experiencing caries and 47.1% had untreated caries with pulp involvement or more severe conditions. Oral health behaviour factors associated with the severity of dental caries experienced by children with autism were brushing frequency (Β [95% CI] =2.46 [0.09–4.83] and 2.03 [0.78–3.28]), brushing time (Β [95% CI] =3.76 [1.32–6.20] and 2.03 [0.74–3.32]) and cleansing after snack (B [95% CI] = 2.04 [0.20–3.89] and 1.21 [0.23–2.18]) in DMF-T/dmf-t and PUFA/pufa indexes, respectively. Conclusions The prevalence of caries among children with autism in Surabaya was high. The severity was associated with brushing and snacking behaviors. Caries in children with autism should be paid attention, and research in modifying daily activities are needed to allow them to adopt more healthy oral health-related behaviors.
Happiness is the term that are linked with psychological wellbeing that were also associated with quality of life. The united nation includes wellbeing as one of the goals that are stated in its sustainable development goals (SDG). The SDGs were goals that are provided by the UN as a shared blue print for the country members to attain the goals in order to generate peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and in the future. There is a need to set a strategy to attain the SDGs which one of it is to improve a person wellbeing. Therefore, aim of this study is to identify psychological wellbeing of the coastal communities in Surabaya that will become the basis of strategies to improve a person psychological wellbeing especially in the context of coastal communities.
Research shows that final year students experience stress when they work on their thesis. This situation has affected their psychological well-being. According to Ryff psychological well-being is a condition of someone who is free from pressure and problems. Thus, this study aims to determine the relationship between social support and psychological well-being of final year students who are working on a thesis. This research was conducted at Airlangga University. This study uses a quantitative approach. This research was conducted on 156 students that are working on their thesis at Airlangga University. Data obtained using a survey method that uses a measure of social support scale developed by Zimet and psychological well-being scale developed by Palupi in the journal Studia Universitatis Maladaviae. The data analysis technique used in this study is Pearson Product Moment. The results of the analysis show a correlation of 0.760 which means there is a relationship between social support and psychological well-being of the final year students who are working on their thesis.
Higher education student often experienced financial problem during their study. This condition encourages them to seek financial support by working part-time. The challenge of being a part-time employee as well as being a student has influenced their psychological well-being condition. The problem will become more complicated when they received less than needed social support. Therefore, it is important to identify the relationship between social support and psychological wellbeing of part-time students. This study aimed to determine the relationship between social support and psychological well-being of students who work part-time. This research is a quantitative survey research. The scale used was social support and psychological well-being scale. The study shows that social support has a significant relationship with psychological well-being. Hypothesis test result show positive value that means if social support increase, psychological well-being will also increase. The correlation coefficient of 0.433 shows the relationship between variable classified as moderate.
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