Abstract
Introduction : Asthma’s symptoms are commonly persistent in each asthmatic client, but they could be controlled. This control directly refers to asthma level of control. It could be affected by asthma risk factors and preventive behavior to exposures, but the correlation between them is still unclear because the development of asthma is not fully understood and very complex. The objective of this study was to explain the correlation between asthma risk factors and preventive behavior to exposures to asthma level of control.Method : This study used cross-sectional design and involved 41 respondents which are taken by simple random sampling. Data were collected using questionnaires and then analyzed by using Spearman Rho correlation with level of significance ≤0.05.Result : Result showed that asthma risk factors had correlation with asthma level of control (p=0,032), but preventive behavior to exposures had no correlation with asthma level of control (p=0,095).Conclusion : It can be concluded that asthma level of control has correlation with asthma risk factors. Preventive behavior has no correlation with asthma level of control could be caused by the differences between the respondents preventive behavior and the recommended one. It indicates possible errors or unsuitability in preventive behavior to asthma risk factor exposures. However, preventive behavior to asthma risk factors exposures is still necessary in order to decrease asthma symptoms.
Highlights
Asthma’s symptoms are commonly persistent in each asthmatic client, but they could be controlled
Penderita asma yang memilih alergen sebagai penyebab kemunculan gejala asma dalam setahun terakhir sebanyak 30 orang (73,17%) dengan rincian alergi makanan sebanyak 30 orang (100%), alergi bahan bakar memasak sebanyak 29 orang (96,67%), alergi hewan peliharaan sebanyak 18 orang (60 %), dan alergi jamur atau lumut sebanyak 6 orang (20%)
Penderita asma yang memilih faktor risiko ini sebanyak 24 orang (58,54%) dengan rincian olahraga (100%) dan kerja berat (100%)
Summary
Penelitian ini menggunakan crosssectional design dan simple random sampling. Besar populasi 54 orang penderita asma di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Selat berdasarkan laporan bulan April 2009. Sampel yang memenuhi kiteria inklusi dan eksklusi sebanyak 41 orang. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan pada tanggal [17-22] Juni 2009. Variabel independen dalam penelitian ini adalah faktor risiko asma dan perilaku pencegahan tentang paparan, sedangkan variabel dependen adalah tingkat kontrol penyakit pada penderita asma. Instrumen pengumpulan kedua jenis variabel tersebut adalah kuesioner. Data yang diperoleh dianalisis dengan menggunakan uji statistik korelasi Spearman Rho dengan tingkat signifikansi α≤0,05
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