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Public Health Perspectives Journal: Respiratory Tract Infection in Toddlers
Public Health Perspectives Journal: Respiratory Tract Infection in Toddlers
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INTRODUCTION METHODS
Acute Respiratory Tract Infection is one This research was quantitative. The
of the causes of death in children in developing research design was analytical correlation
countries. Data from WHO in 2015 out of 6 research with cross sectional design. The
million children who died, 16% were caused by populations in this study were toddlers who had
Acute Respiratory Tract Infection and this experienced Acute Respiratory Tract Infection
disease is the number 1 toddler killer in the in 2017 which were recorded at Piyungan
world (UNICEF, 2015). Acute Respiratory Health Center as many as 947 toddlers. The
Tract Infection includes Upper Respiratory sampling technique used purposive random
Tract and Lower Respiratory Tracts along with sampling. The sample size was 101 mothers of
adnexa. children under five years old.
The prevalence of Acute Respiratory Tract The Acute Respiratory Tract Infection
Infection in Indonesia was 13.3 percent ables in this study were exclusive breastfeeding,
(Riskesdas, 2018). Acute Respiratory Tract nutritional status, smoking habits, distance of
Infection causes high mortality rate in toddlers home from the factory, and frequency of Acute
under-five years, which is about 1 in 4 deaths. In Respiratory Tract Infection in infants.
Special Region of Yogyakarta province, 40% - Instruments in retrieving data were
60% of visits to health centers and 15% -30% of questionnaire sheets and observation sheets. The
visits in outpatient and hospital stays were analysis test used in processing the data was chi-
caused by Acute Respiratory Tract Infection. This is square test for bivAcute Respiratory Tract
evidenced by the increase in the incidence of Infection ate analysis, and logistic regression test
Acute Respiratory Tract Infection from 2014 to for multivAcute Respiratory Tract Infection ate
2016, namely 1,813 cases to 2,936 cases (Special analysis.
Region Yogyakarta Provincial Health Office,
2017). RESULT AND DISCUSSION
Bantul Regency ranks first in the
incidence of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection Descriptive analysis
annually and Piyungan District is the region
with the highest incidence of Acute Respiratory Table 1. The frequency distribution of exclusive
Tract Infection and increases every year (Profile breastfeeding, nutritional status, smoking habits,
of Bantul Health Office, 2017). distance of home from the factory and frequency
From these problems, it is necessary to of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in toddlers
examine the factors that influence the frequency VAcute Frequency Percentage
of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in toddlers. Respiratory
The purpose of this study was to analyze the Tract Infection
impact of exclusive breastfeeding, nutritional able
status of toddlers, smoking habits and distance Exckusive breast
of houses from factories with the frequency of feeding 48 47.5
Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in toddlers. It is Yes 53 52.5
expected that the community can improve the No
quality of life, especially in the prevention of risk
factors of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in Nutritional
infants. Status 42 41.6
Good 59 58.4
Less
Smoking Habit
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cigarette smoke. In addition, other pollutant families with good health behavior (Fidiani,
smoke that are associated with Acute 2011).
Respiratory Tract Infection in toddlers are According to observations made by
smoke from burning anti-mosquito (Saleh, researchers, the environment in which the
Gafur and Aeni, 2017). research was conducted was an industrial area,
This bad smoking habit can be prevented which was exposed to factory production of
by conducting health promotion and smoke pollution. Toddlers with a higher
interventions through counseling programs, frequency of abnormal Acute Respiratory Tract
giving leaflets and posters, installing banned Infection (> 6 times in the past 1 year) can be due
smoking signs can be proven to increase to exposure to smoke production. That can also
knowledge, attitudes in smoking behavior be caused by cigarette smoke in the family. This
(Usman, 2018). can be proven by the high number of heavy
The result of the study of majority house smokers compared with the number of mild
distance to factories was not fulfilling the smokers (44%: 56%).
requirements, which amounted to 52.5%. It is
said that it does not meet the requirements if the The effect of exclusive breastfeeding on the
distance of the house from the factory is ≤2000 frequency of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in
meters. This situation is not in accordance with toddlers.
the ideal distance between housing and
industrial housing as determined by the Table 2. The analysis of exclusive breastfeeding
regulations of the industrial ministry no. 35 / and the frequency of Acute Respiratory Tract
M-IDN / 3/2010. The regulation states that the Infection in toddlers.
ideal distance between settlements and industry Frequency of ARI
is 2 kilometers, because the industry will Exclusive
Abnorma Total
produce pollutants and wastes that are harmful Breastfeedin Normal
l
to the community. g
f % f % f %
The results of this study were supported 2 58. 10
by Khairiah (2012) who found that settlements Yes 20 41.7 48
8 3 0
around the industry were also not good for 1 20. 10
health. Smoke from industrial products can No 42 79.2 53
1 8 0
produce air pollutants that will later disrupt the 3 38. 10 10
respiratory tract. The environment strongly Total 62 61.4
9 6 1 0
supports the health level of its inhabitants. p-value = 0,000 (chi-square test)
Most of the frequency of Acute Respiratory
Tract Infection in under-fives y/o toddlers is
Table 2 shows the p-value is 0,000 <α
61.4%. The frequency of Acute Respiratory Tract (0,05), it means that Ha is accepted and it can be
Infection shows abnormal rather than toddlers
concluded that exclusive breastfeeding affects
whose frequency is normal. In fact, some the frequency of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection
respondents admitted that their children often
in toddlers on the industrial area of Piyungan
get Acute Respiratory Tract Infection, which District, Bantul.
reaches every month in the past year. That can These findings are supported by United
be caused by several reasons, including health
States that showed the prevalence of ear, throat
behavior. There is a significant relationship and sinus infections in children is associated
between family health behavior and the
with exclusive breastfeeding. The longer
incidence of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection. exclusive breastfeeding is given, the lower the
Toddlers with poor family health behavioral
risk of sinus infection (Li, et al., 2014). The
environment are 3.38 times more likely to effect findings are also in line with findings in
Acute Respiratory Tract Infection compared to
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Indonesia. Toddlers who are not given exclusive In table 3,it shows that the p-value is
breastfeeding have a risk of Acute Respiratory 0,000. It means that Ha is accepted and it can be
Tract Infection 3.2 times more than those who are concluded that nutritional status affects the
given exclusive breastfeeding. There is also a frequency of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in
strong and meaningful relationship between toddlers around the industrial area of Piyungan
exclusive breastfeeding and the occurrence of District, Bantul. The results of this study are in
Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in infants aged 6 accordance with the findings by Gebeetsadik, et
months - 5 years (Wibianto, et al., 2009). al. (2015) which states that children with
The research shows that from 53 malnutrition from low socioeconomic categories
respondents with no exclusive breastfeeding, are more at risk of suffering from Acute
there were 42 respondents (79.2%) who entered Respiratory Tract Infection .
the abnormal category (> 6 times in the last 1 The results of this study are supported by
year) for the Acute Respiratory Tract Infection the findings of Sukmawati and Ayu (2010) in
frequency. A total of 11 respondents (20.8%) Maros Regency, which states that toddlers with
were toddlers who did not get Exclusive poor nutrition will be more susceptible to Acute
Breastfeeding with a normal Acute Respiratory Respiratory Tract Infection than toddlers who have
Tract Infection frequency (3-6 times in the last 1 good nutrition. This is due to lack of immune
year). This shows that children under five who system. In line with these findings, Widia (2017)
are not given exclusive breastfeeding have a also states that in Tanah Bumbu Regency, South
greater risk of experiencing Acute Respiratory Kalimantan Province with most children under
Tract Infection more often. In accordance with five positive who suffer Acute Respiratory Tract
the findings of Al Sabarti and Al Juma (2012), Infection are toddlers with malnutrition.
where toddlers in Baghdad, Iraq who did not get The findings in the city of Kendari
breast milk and drink formula milk had a risk Infection state that toddlers with malnutrition
2.7 times higher for suffering from Acute have a relationship with toddlers who have a
Respiratory Tract Infection . And babies who history of infection (Ratufelan, Zainuddin and
breastfeed briefly or only drink ASI for 3 Junaid, 2018). This is in line with what was
months have a 1.4 times higher risk of suffering stated by Nugroho, Adi and Angelina (2018),
from Acute Respiratory Tract Infection compared to that nutrition problems are not closely related to
babies who don't drink ASI at all. the incidence of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection .
In addition, there was also a significant
The Effect of nutritional status on the relationship between infectious disease and
frequency of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in nutritional status in children under five in the
toddlers Gambesi District Health Center (Rasyid,
Mayulu and Kandou, 2013).
Table 3. The analysis of nutritional status on the
frequency of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in The effect of smoking habits on the frequency
toddlers of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in toddlers
Acute Respiratory Tract
Nutritional Infection Frequency Total Table 4. The analysis of smoking habits on the
status Normal Abnormal frequency of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in
f % F % f % toddlers
Acute Respiratory Tract Infection
Good 34 81 8 19 42 100 Frequency Total
Smoking Habit
Less 5 8.5 54 91.5 59 100 Normal Abnormal
Total 39 38.6 62 61.4 101 100 F % F % f %
Mild 28 66.7 14 33.3 42 100
p-value = 0,000 (chi-square test) Heavy 11 18.6 48 81.4 59 100
Total 39 38.6 62 61.4 101 100
p-vaue = 0,000 (chi-square test)
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According to table 4, the p-value is 0,000. diagnosis of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection
Therefor, it means Ha is accepted and it can be (Miyahara, et al., 2017).
concluded that smoking habits influence the
frequency of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in The effect of distance from home to the
toddlers around industrial area of Piyungan sub- factory with frequency of Acute Respiratory
district, Bantul. Tract Infection in toddlers.
The results of this study are in accordance
with the findings in South Minahasa Regency, Table 5. The analysis of distance from houses
where there is a relationship between smoking to factories with frequency of Acute Respiratory
status of family members and the habits of Tract Infection in toddlers
parents smoking with Acute Respiratory Tract Acute Respiratory Tract
Infection . If there are families who have smoking Distance Infection Frequency
habits, then toddlers have a risk of 4.2 times Total
from home Abnorma
greater for suffering from Acute Respiratory Tract Normal
to factory l
Infection. Whereas, toddlers who have parents f % f % f %
with heavy smoking habits, their children at Qualified
risk 21.1 times greater for suffering from Acute 2 56. 10
(>2000 21 43.8 48
Respiratory Tract Infection (Kewas, Ratag and 7 2 0
meter)
Tumbol, 2014). Unqualifie
In addition, Nasution, et al. (2009) stated 1 22. 10
d (≤2000 41 77.4 53
that the prevalence of Acute Respiratory Tract 2 6 0
meter)
Infection has a significant relationship with 3 38. 10 10
cigarette smoke exposure. The families of Total 62 61.4
9 6 1 0
respondents with heavy smokers were 59 p-value = 0,001 (chi-square test)
respondents, 11 respondents (18.6%) including
the frequency of normal toddlers with Acute Based on table 5, the p-value is 0.001. So,
Respiratory Tract Infection. In addition, 48 Ha is accepted and it can be concluded that the
respondents (81.4%) had toddlers with an distance of the house from the factory affects the
abnormal frequency of Acute Respiratory Tract frequency of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in
Infection . Smoking habits carried out by parents itoddlers around the industrial area of Piyungan
of toddlers will disrupt the toddler's respiratory District, Bantul.
system. If toddlers breathe air which The results of this study are in line with
contaminated with cigarette smoke, it is possible the findings by Esposito, et al. (2014) which
to have respiratory tract irritation which can states that children who live in a house with
then be easily infected. polluted air have a risk factor of 1.79 times
Suryani, et.al (2015) found that smoking higher for the occurrence of respiratory
at home was associated with Acute Respiratory problems. Whereas children who live in areas
Tract Infection in toddlers. Families who smoke with clean air have a risk that is 0.5 times
at their house have a risk of 3.429 times greater greater for respiratory problems. In addition, the
than families who do not smoke (Syahputra, findings in Pringsewu District showed that
Sabrian and Utomo, 2014). Similar research smoke originating from burning firewood in the
conducted in Vietnam, fathers who smoke can tile burning industry is very dangerous and has a
increase their risk of respiratory infections in high risk of causing Acute Respiratory Tract
their children by 1.76 times greater. Fathers who Infection disease (Nuryati, 2017).
smoke in front of children have a very bad Other findings in Hanoi, said that
impact on children. This study was conducted in pollutants in the air are positively associated
a hospital with a sample of children with a with the incidence of pneumonia in children
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who are hospitalized. All pollutants except CO the requirements were 0.212 times more at risk
substances are positively related to the causes of for Acute Respiratory Tract Infection.
pediatric patients with bronchitis and asthma. A In a research conducted by Ijana in 2017
stronger association is found in babies than in concerning the analysis of risk factors for Acute
toddlers (Nhung, et al., 2017). In addition, the Respiratory Tract Infection in infants in the
findings by Karakir, et al. (2009) stated that the ceramic factory area of Dinoyo Public Health
incidence of death due to chronic respiratory Center, Malang Regency found that the greatest
disorders in children living in rural areas of risk factor of all factors studied were unhealthy
Negev was affected by exposure (distance, wind environmental factors with OR 11.35. In this
direction and odor complaints) to emissions study the environmental factors in question
from industrial estates. were the distance between toddlers' houses that
Bielska, et al. (2015) found that children were too close to the ceramic factory.
under the age of 3 who lived with no house rules Research conducted by Sukana et al. 2013
related to smoking behavior (smoke-free in any in the coal plant environment, is in line with
part of the house) can cause an increase in Ijana's research (2017) with the results of Acute
respiratory infections in children. Respiratory Tract Infection incidence in exposed
locations (appropriation areas), higher than non-
Multivariate analysis of the variables exposed areas (not appropriation areas).
As is the case in South Africa, children
Tabel 6. The analysis of Multivariate variables who live in areas full of road traffic dust in
95.0% C.I.for industrial estates tend to experience more dry
Variables Sig. Exp(B) EXP(B) coughs and asthma by 3.88 times greater than
Lower Upper children who live in areas with air which is
Exlusive clean (Olutola, et al., 2018).
0.005 0.081 0.014 0.468 In addition, due to air pollution, the
Breastfeeding
Nutritional Indonesian people must experience respiratory
0.000 0.017 0.003 0.097 problems. From an economic standpoint, there
Status
Smoking will be major problems related to spending
0.018 0.170 0.040 0.734 funds to carry out hospital treatment. On
habit
Distance average, the Indonesian people must bear the
from home 0.038 0.212 0.049 0.919 cost of this pollution as much as Rp 1.53 million
to factory or 6.7% of income per capita (Mursinto &
Kusumawardani, 2016).
The variable that has the highest OR Families who have a smoking habit
value is the distance between the house and the increase the risk of 0.170 times greater on the
factory, with an OR value of 0.212 with a 95% frequency of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in
Confidence interval value of 0.049 - 0.919. Then toddlers. The results of this study are in line
followed by smoking habit variable with OR with the findings of Jang, Jun and Park (2016),
value of 0.170 and 95% CI of 0.040 - 0.734. Next where pollutants originating from traffic and
is the exclusive breastfeeding, with an OR value tobacco smoke are still the highest causes of
of 0.081 and 95% CI of 0.014 - 0.468. worsening of upper respiratory tract disease.
If the settlement is close to the factory This finding is in accordance with the existing
location, it does not rule out the possibility of research in Indonesia, that the air pollution in
more pollutant fumes from motorized vehicles, the room, smoking habit is the most influential
so in the study found that toddlers with a variable on the incidence of Acute Respiratory
distance from home to factory that did not meet Tract Infection with a risk of 11,517 times higher
(Jayanti, Ashar and Aulia, 2016).
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