HUBUNGAN KEBIASAAN MEROKOK DI DALAM RUMAH DENGAN KEJADIAN PENYAKIT INFEKSI SALURAN PERNAPASAN AKUT (ISPA) PADA BALITA DI PUSKESMAS BATURETNO I

Abstract

Background : deaths due to ARI disease in infants reaching 12.4 million in toddlers 0-5
year age group every year worldwide, two thirds are babies, that is 0-1 years old and
80.3% of deaths occur in developing countries (Kemenkes , 2010). The prevalence of
ARI occurrence in Indonesia is 25.0% (Riskesdas, 2013: 23). Smoking habits of parents
in the home make toddlers as passive smokers are always exposed to cigarette smoke.
Research purposes : to determine the relationship between exposure to secondhand
smoke with the incidence of acute respiratory infections in infants.
Subject : toddlers who checked at Puskesmas Baturetno 1 in February-March 2017 were
diagnosed with acute respiratory infection.
Methods : this research use correlation research design with cross sectional method. The
population is all parents of children under five who checked their children to Baturetno I
Puskesmas in February and March with an acute respiratory infection diagnosis, a total of
20 respondents. Control group of children who did not experience acute respiratory tract
infection of 20. Researchers used questionnaire tools. Data obtained then tabulated and
analyzed using SPSS 16 for Windows.
Results : 15 children (75%) were exposed to cigarette smoke and 5 children (25%) were
not exposed to cigarette smoke. There was an association between ARI occurrence and
exposure of cigarette smoke to under-five children at Puskesmas Baturetno I with p:
0.011 <α: 0.05
Conclusion : There is a correlation between ARI occurrence and exposure of tobacco
smoke in infants at Puskesmas Baturetno I.
Keywords: smoking, acute respiratory infections, less than five years