Kemampuan perawatan diri anak tuna grahita, kemampuan perawatan diri dapat dipengaruhi oleh beberapa faktor, baik faktoreksternal (karakteristik orangtua dan lingkungan) maupun faktor internal (karakteristik anak). Penelitian ini bertujuan untukmengetahui faktor-faktor yang berhubungan dengan kemampuan perawatan diri anak tuna grahita. Rancangan penelitian crosssectional dengan sampel adalah 65 orangtua anak tuna grahita di Sekolah Luar Biasa (SLB). Analisis data menggunakan ujiChi-Square dan regresi logistik ganda menunjukkan kemampuan perawatan diri pada anak tuna grahita masih rendah.Terdapathubungan bermakna antara pendidikan orang tua, umur, dan kekuatan motorik pada anak tuna grahita dengan kemampuanperawatan diri (p < 0,005). Faktor paling dominan yang mempunyai hubungan adalah faktor kekuatan motorik anak tunagrahita dengan OR= 4,77.

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Children with mental retardation, self-care can be influenced by various factors, external (parents and environment characteristics) as well as internal (children characteristics). This study aimed to explore determinant factors that related to self-care ability in mental retardation children. Study design was cross sectional with samples are 65 parents whose mental retardation children registered in special education school. Using Chi-Square and Logistic Regression. Result of this study found that the self-care ability among retarded children is relatively low and there was significantly relationship between parents’ education, children’s age and gross motor performance to self-care ability in mental retarded children (p < 0,005).Gross motor performance of mental retarded children is the most dominant factor that contributed to self-care ability(OR= 4,77).