Abstract: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory and allergic response. Until now, asthma is still a global health problem with around 339 million sufferers, mostly found in developing countries, such as Indonesia. The resulting morbidity is related to obstacles in carrying out work activities, which leads to decreased quality of life. This study aims to study the characteristics of hospitalized asthma patients at Sanglah Hospital Denpasar, Bali. The study was conducted with a descriptive method using cross-sectional studies. Samples were selected from participating based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 22 to get asthma case characteristics based on age, sex, education level, occupation, marital status, smoking history, nutritional status, blood pressure, pulse rate, respiration rate, body temperature, oxygen saturation, leukocyte levels, hemoglobin levels, platelet levels, respiratory complaints, and the degree of asthma. Asthma cases in Sanglah General Hospital Denpasar, Bali from 2018 to 2019 were 35 people, the average age was 47 years, dominated by female sex (60.0%). Characteristics of dominant respondents have a bachelor's degree (28.6%), work as private employees (28.6%), are married (80.0%), have no history of smoking (68.8%) and have normal nutritional status ( 62.9%). Vital signs of respondents include mean systolic / diastolic blood pressure (119.71 / 76.29 mmHg), pulse 95 beats per minute, body temperature 36.860C, and O2 saturation of 94%. Respiration rate vital signs are classified as tachypnea (27 beats per minute). Lab examination of respondents showed that the mean levels of leukocytes were 12.94x103 µ / µL, Hb 13.3 g / L, and platelets of 260.3 x103 / mm3. Types of respiratory complaints that accompanied the most cases of asthma were shortness of breath (94.2%) with mostly a moderate degree of asthma (48.6%). Most cases of asthma occur in women with an average age of 47 years, undergraduate education, private employees, married status, no history of smoking, normal nutritional status, normal blood pressure and pulse, tachypneic breath rate, normal O2 saturation, classified leukocytes. infection, Hb and normal platelets with moderate asthma.
Keywords: Characteristics, Asthma, Hospitalized.
Title: CHARACTERISTICS OF HOSPITALIZED ASTHMA PATIENTS IN SANGLAH HOSPITAL, DENPASAR, BALI
Author: Janice Do Rosario, I Gusti Ngurah Bagus Artana, I Gede Ketut Sajinadiyasa, Ni Luh Putu Eka Arisanti, Ida Bagus Ngurah Rai
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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