ABSTRACT
Background: Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) is one of the main health problems in the world. This is evidenced by the high mortality rate due to respiratory infections, especially in infants and children under five years old (toddlers). In 2008, there were 25% toddlers in developing countries, which is about 146 million children have weight loss problems, which is an indicator of a lack of nutrients. Malnutrition cases in Indonesia is a health problem that has not been completely resolved to date, so this research is conducted.
Methods: This study is categorized as an analytic observational study, with a cross sectional approach. Samples derived from patients toddlers with ARI and not ARI in health center Birobuli. Additionally, bivariate test is conducted with coefficient of contingency correlation test. The data was collected using medical records.
Results: From the results of the statistical analysis between the incidence of ARI with nutritional status obtained value of r = 0, 001 which indicates that there is a very weak correlation between the incidence of ARI with nutritional status. Conclusion: There is correlation ARI occurrence of nutritional status in toddlers in PUSKESMAS Birobuli.
Keywords: ARI, nutritional status, toddlers
ABSTRAK
Latar Belakang : Infeksi saluran pernafasan akut (ISPA) merupakan salah satu masalah kesehatan utama di dunia. Hal ini dibuktikan dengan tingginya angka kematian karena ISPA, terutama pada bayi dan anak usia di bawah lima tahun (balita). Pada tahun 2008, terdapat 25% anak balita di negara-negara sedang berkembang, yakni sekitar 146 juta anak mengalami masalah kurang berat badan, yang menjadi indikator kurangnya nutrisi. Kasus kurang gizi di Indonesia merupakan masalah kesehatan yang belum teratasi secara tuntas sampai saat ini, maka dilakukan penelitian ini.
Metode Penelitian : Penelitian observasi analitik dengan pendekatan crosssectional. Sampel berasal dari pasien balita ISPA dan tidak ISPA di PUSKESMAS Birobuli. Selain itu, dilakukan uji bivariat dengan uji korelasi koefisiensi kontingensi. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan rekam medis.
Hasil Penelitian : Dari hasil analisis statistik antara kejadian ISPA dengan status gizi didapatkan nilai r = 0, 001 yang menunjukkan bahwa terdapat korelasi yang sangat lemah antara kejadian ISPA dengan status gizi.
Kesimpulan : Terdapat hubungan kejadian ISPA terhadap status gizi pada anak balita di puskesmas birobuli.
Kata Kunci : ISPA, status gizi, anak balita.