Abstract
Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is a viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes causing potentially deadly complications. The typical sign of this case is getting high fever until 3-7 days then it drops quickly. To make a lower body temperature, compress the body with warm water by using tepid sponge and sponge bath techniques. The objective of this study to determine the effect of compresses with tepid sponge and sponge bath techniques on changes in children's body temperature with DHF. This study used quantitative research with quasi-experiment design two group pre-test post-test design approach. The population of 30 children with fever, with purposive sampling technique using the Lemeshow formula. The analysis used was paired T-test, Wilcoxon, and Mann Whitney at a significance level of 0.05. Wilcoxon statistical test results show there is a tepid sponge effect on children body temperature with DHF with a p-value of 0.001. The dependent t-test shows there is an influence of sponge bath in children body temperature with DHF p-value of 0,000. The Mann witney test shows that Sponge bath is more effective than a tepid sponge in reducing fever with a p-value of 0,000. The conclusion of this study can be used as a guide for treating children with fever with the issuance of a standard SPO. Application of this method needs to involve parents to maintain the comfort of children, so it needs to make socialization to parents.
Highlights
Fever was one of the body’s defences against natural infections bacteria and viruses that cannot live at a higher temperature.[1]
The results showed that the child's body temperature before the tepid sponge technique had the lowest temperature of 37.8 Celsius and the highest temperature of 39 degrees Celsius
The results showed that the child's body temperature before the sponge bath technique had the lowest temperature of 37.9 Celsius and the highest temperature of 40 degrees Celsius
Summary
Fever was one of the body’s defences against natural infections bacteria and viruses that cannot live at a higher temperature.[1]. The Incidence Rate (IR) of Dengue Fever in the Province of Central Java in 2017 was 21,68 per 100,000 population. Semarang regency obtained data 23,65% of the incidence of Dengue Fever in Central Java Province.[3] The under-five mortality rate in the last 3 years in Semarang Regency shows a decrease from year to year. With infant mortality, this is still caused by infectious diseases. In dengue FEVER children always found problems with increasing body temperature, handling for temperatures above 37.5 Celsius is by compressing warm water on the folds of the armpits. There were 41 children (33.9%) out of 121 children (100%) who felt cold and shivering because the compress was taken too long
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