Nutritional Status with the Incidence of Acute Respiratory Infection in Toddlers at Kalirungkut Public Health Center Surabaya

Abstract

Acute respiratory infection is one of the causes of death in children under five. Factors that can increase the
incidence of infection in toddlers is nutritional status. This study was aims to determine the relationship between
nutritional status and the incidence of acute respiratory infection in children. Study used analitycal design through
cross-sectional approach. The sampling in this study were children who were grouped based on the nutritional
status of weight by age in Kalirungkut Public Health Center, Surabaya obtained 50 children. The variables of this
study were nutritional status and the incidence of respiratory infection. The instrument used in this study was a
questionnaire, data were processed using chi square correlation analysis. The results of this study was a indicate
that under-five children with very low body weight almost half (40%) rarely experience ARI and most (60%) often
experience infection. The results of the analysis showed that there was a significant relationship between
nutritional status and the incidence of infection in children. To reduce the frequency of infection occurrences in
toddlers, it is hoped that parents can fulfill the nutritional adequacy of toddlers to maintain the toddler's immune
system so that they do not cause other diseases due to complications of infection.