ABSTRAK
Latar Belakang : Diare merupakan salah satu penyakit infeksi pada saluran pencernaan yang merupakan masalah kesehatan masyarakat di negara berkembang seperti Indonesia. Salah satu faktor penyebab diare adalah status gizi. Status gizi pada anak sangat berpengaruh terhadap lama rawat inap pasien diare.
Metode : Penelitian observasional analitik dengan pendekatan Cross Sectional. Dengan populasi pasien diare anak usia 1-5 tahun yang dirawat inap di RSUD Undata Palu tahun 2015. Status gizi dinilai dengan BB/U. Lama rawat inap didapatkan dengan memperhitungkan tanggal keluar dikurang tanggal masuk. Analisis data menggunakan statistik non parametrik uji korelasi Spearman’s rank.
Hasil : Perbandingan sampel pada status gizi baik, kurang, dan buruk, secara berturut-turut adalah 38, 10, dan 0 pasien yang menjalani rawat inap kurang dari empat hari dan 8, 8, dan 3 pasien yang menjalani rawat inap lebih/ sama dengan empat hari. Pembuktian dilakukan dengan uji Spearman’s rank menunjukkan korelasi positif dengan koefisien korelasi yang rendah (0,389).
Kesimpulan : Terdapat hubungan yang bermakna antara status gizi dengan lama rawat inap pasien diare anak usia 1-5 tahun di RSUD Undata Palu periode Januari-Desember 2015 dengan tingkat korelasi yang rendah.
Kata kunci : Diare anak, status gizi, lama hari rawat inap
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CORRELATION OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS WITH LENGTH OF HOSPITALIZATION OF DIARRHEA PATIENT, CHILDREN AGED 1-5 YEARS IN UNDATA PALU HOSPITAL, PERIOD JANUARY - DECEMBER 2015
Chaerunnisa Supriani Saputri *, Sumarni **, Firman Hasan ***
* Student of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Tadulako.
** Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Tadulako.
*** Department of Histology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Tadulako.
ABSTRACT
Background: Diarrhea is one of the infectious diseases of the digestive tract which is a public health problem in developing countries like Indonesia. One of the causes of diarrhea is nutritional status. The nutritional status in children is very influential on the length of hospitalization of diarrhea patients.
Methods: Observational analytic research with cross sectional. With a population of patients with diarrhea children aged 1-5 years who are hospitalized in Undata Palu hospital in 2015. The nutritional status was assessed by BB/ U. Length of hospitalization is obtained by calculating an exit date minus entry date. Data analysis using non-parametric statistic Spearman's rank correlation test.
Results: Samples on good nutritional status, less, and bad are 38, 10, and 0 patients hospitalized for less than four days and 8, 8, and 3 patients were hospitalized more / equal to four days, is done by Spearman's rank test showed a positive correlation with low correlation coefficient (0.389).
Conclusion: There is a significant correlation between nutritional status and diarrhea patient length of hospitalization for children aged 1-5 years in Undata Palu haspital, period from January to December 2015 with a low correlation.
Keywords: Diarrhea children, nutritional status, length of hospitalization days