Correlation Between Age and Tonsil Size in Patients with Chronic Tonsillitis at Aek Kanopan District General Hospital, North Sumatra

Abstract

Abstract: Background: Chronic tonsillitis is inflammation of the tonsils that persists as a result of repeated acute or subclinical infections. The size of the tonsils in chronic tonsillitis is enlarged due to parenchymal hyperplasia or fibrinoid degeneration with obstruction of the tonsillar crypts. Based on data from the Indonesian Ministry of Health in 2012, the incidence of tonsillitis in Indonesia is around 23%. Young age predominates in the characteristics of tonsillitis patients. Objective: The research was to determine the correlation between age and tonsil size in chronic tonsillitis at the Aek Kanopan District General Hospital, North Sumatra. Method: This study uses secondary data, namely medical records at Aek Kanopan Hospital, North Sumatra. Research and data collection were carried out in November 2022 - February 2023. This research is an analytical study. The population is chronic tonsillitis patients at the ENT-KL installation at Aek Kanopan Hospital, North Sumatra, totaling 70 patients. Data analysis was univariate presented in the form of a frequency distribution table and bivariate analysis using a correlation testspearman rho by using SPSS version 24.0. Results: Based on the study, as many as (57.6%) were women and (42.4%) were men, most were aged <18 years, namely (72.7%), mostly with hypertrophic tonsil sizes, namely (65.2%) and there were Correlation between age and tonsillitis size in chronic tonsillitis at Aek Kanopan District General Hospital, North Sumatra, p=0.000 (p<0.05). Conclusion: There is a correlation between age and tonsillitis size in chronic tonsillitis at the Aek Kanopan District General Hospital, North Sumatra.