Vapor inhalation therapy (Eucalyptus) introduction to The Event of ARI in Toddlers

The incidence of ARI in the under-five age group is estimated at 0.29 cases per child/year in developing countries, 0.05 cases per child/year in developed countries.
With an average experience of ARI with moderate signs and symptoms. At the Cikeudal Public Health Center, the researchers obtained data on 175 patients with ARI. Namely 92 ARI in toddlers and 44 in children and 39 in adults. This study to determine the Effect of Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus) Oil Steam Inhalation Therapy on the Incidence of ARI in Toddlers at the Cikedal Public Health Center, Pandeglang Regency, Banten Province in 2021. The method in this research is Quasi-Experimental Design. The research design used was a two-group pre-post test and control design. The sample in the study was 30 respondents, consisting of 15 respondents from the experimental group and 15 respondents from the control group. Data were analyzed using Paired T-test and Independent T-test. The Results: the average score of
incidence of ARI pretest in the experimental pretest group was 5.33 while the posttest was 2.87 and the average difference was 2.6, the average score for the incidence of ARI pretest in the control group was 5.40 while the post-test was 5.20 and the average difference of 0.2 Independent T-test results obtained p-value 0.000 the conclusions and suggestions, there was an effect of eucalyptus (eucalyptus) vapor inhalation therapy on the incidence of ARI among toddlers at the Cikedal Public Health Center, Pandeglang Regency, Banten Province. It is hoped that clinical nurse will implement the application of eucalyptus oil inhalation therapy to reduce ARI in toddlers.