Case Studi of Family Efforts towards Hyperthermia Treatmentin Children

Abstract

Inability for family to treat hyperthermia in children can impact on children to suffer from high fever, cold
hands and feet, and even spasm. The effects of spasm in children impact on respiratory problems, even
recurrent spasm can trigger brain damage. Efforts to lower hyperthermia cause activity, alertness, and
appetite improve and prevent organ damage due to spasm. This research aimed at investigating family efforts
in treating hyperthermia in children.
Design of this research was descriptive. Variablewas family efforts to treat hyperthermia in children.
Population and sample were mothers who had 3 to10-year-old children and resided in Bajang Mlarak
Village,Ponorogo District, East Java Province, and they were 20 mothers. Sampling technique that was
utilized was total sampling. Measuring instrument in this research was questionnaire. Data in this research
were analyzed by frequency distribution.
Research results showed thatmost of the families 50% had good hyperthermia management efforts. Most of
family efforts in treating hyperthermia in children were able to lower child's body temperature with good
procedures. Improving family efforts in treating hyperthermia in children can be conducted by providing
appropriate and easy information to be understood and by improving efforts of parents' ability in treating
hyperthermia to procedures