Baby Massage With Common Cold Massage Oil on Temperature Change, Pulse Rate, Frequency of Breath, Sleep Quality and Number of Streptococcus Bacteria in Toddlers with Acute Respiratory Infection

Abstract

Background: Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) is a common cause of illness and death in toddlers. One of the reasons of ARI is bacteria, the most dominating is bacteria streptococcus. The majority of toddlers suffering from ARI experience cough, runny nose, out of breath, fuss and often wake up at night. The study aimed to determine the effect of massage of babies with common cold massage oil on changes in temperature, pulse frequency, respiratory frequency, sleep quality and the number of bacteria streptococcal in infants with ARI.Method: This type of research quasi-experimental uses approach pretest-post-test with control group design. The samples were toddlers who were treated at the Kedungmundu Health Center with a total of 32 respondents (16 respondents in the treatment group and 16 respondents in the control group). The sampling technique is simple random sampling.Results: The entire test results showed that p-value <? (0.05), so it can be concluded that there is the significant effect of infant massage with common cold massage oil to changes in temperature, pulse, respiratory rate, quality of sleep and the number of bacteria streptococcus in children with ARI.Conclusion: The community health center should consider the results of this study to developed additional services for children under five suffering from Acute Respiratory Infection