HUBUNGAN ANTARA INDEKS MASSA TUBUH DENGAN DERAJAT ASMA PADA ANAK USIA 1-12 TAHUN DI POLIKLINIK ANAK RSUD WANGAYA DENPASAR TAHUN 2012
Abstract: Asthma is
a disease caused
by a respiratory
condition that is
verysensitive to various stimuli, both from within and outside the body. As a result ofthis excessive
sensitivity of airway
narrowing occurs as a whole.
Asthma in children can
be classified into
several groups, namely
rare episodic asthma, frequent episodic
asthma and persistent asthma. Asthma
and obesity is the body currently more common
in children than a few decades ago.
This study aims to analyze the
Relationship Between The
Body Mass Index
With The Degree
Of Asthma In Children 1-12 Years
Of Age At Children's Clinic Wangaya
Hospital Denpasar. This study
includes the type
of descriptive correlational
study using cross sectional
design. Sample consisted
of 28 patients with asthma
who came to the Children's
Clinic Wangaya Hospital
taken using non
probability sampling technique that
is kind of
Consecutive Sampling. The
data was collected
by interviews based on
questionnaires to the
parents of patients
and figure BMI patients.
The results with
the Spearman rank
correlation test p
value = 0.000 obtained, the value of
α = 0.05,
p <0.05 (5%)
and compute r
= 0.709> r
table = 0.377, which means there
is a significant Relationship Between
The Body Mass Index With The Degree Of Asthma In Children 1-12 Years Of Age At
Children's Clinic Wangaya Hospital
Denpasar. Positive values
indicate a correlation coefficient of
the direct relationship
between two variables.
In other words,
the higher the
child's body mass
index is the
degree of childhood
asthma is also higher.
Penulis: Sikha Permata A.S, I
Gusti Ayu., Dra. Putu Susy Natha Astini, M.Kes.
Kode Jurnal: jpkeperawatandd130102
