The relationship between temperature and individual characteristics of asthma in the working area of the mojo health center, Surabaya City

Abstract

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by episodic wheezing, coughing and tightness in the chest and a disease that causes 15% of deaths worldwide. An increase in temperature can increase pollutants in the air, and with age, there is an increase in asthma. A family history of the disease has risk factors that can cause asthma. This study aims to determine the relationship between temperature and asthma and between individual characteristics (age and family history) and asthma in the working area of ​​the Mojo Community Health Center, Surabaya City. This research method is analytic observational with cross-sectional, and the number of samples is 59, analyzed using the chi-square test. The results showed a relationship between individual characteristics (age and family history) and asthma in the Mojo Health Center, Surabaya City, working area. At the same time, there was no relationship between temperature and asthma in the Mojo Health Center, Surabaya City working area.