Characteristic of Acute Respiratory Infection in Children with Parental Smoking Habits at Regional General Hospital of Klungkung Year 2019

Abstract: ARI is the leading cause of death in children under five years old. ARI is belong to 10 diseases with highest incidence in Bali. The incidence of ARI in under-5-years-old child can be caused by various factors and one of them is smoking habit of parents. In Indonesia, the government estimates there are 1-2 parents who had the habit of smoking inside the house. The purpose of this study is to provide data on the characteristics of ARI in children smokers so that they can add insight to clinicians so that they can explain the dangers of smoking to ARI in children to parents. The research is observational descriptive study with cross-sectional design. The study used primary and secondary data from questionnaire and medical record of under-five-years-old patients with parental smoking habits in inpatient and outpatient care of Regional General Hospital of Klungkung, Bali, Indonesia. The data was collected in November to December 2019. Sex, age, frequency of ARI, severity of ARI, and type of ARI diagnosis was collected as data for the study. There were 41 children aged 3-59 months who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria to become research respondents. Most of their parents were moderate smoker. The results showed ARI in passive smoker children commonly occurred in male aged more than 1 years old. They mostly had recurrent episode and is treated in inpatient care (with severe ARI). The kind of diagnosis that usually found is pneumonia Keywords: ARI, under-5-years-old children, children, parental smoking habits.