CORRELATION OF THE INDOOR AIR QUALITY SANTRIWATI DORMITORY WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION AT RAUDHATUL ULUM ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOLS AND AL-ITTIFAQIAH ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOLS IN OGAN ILIR ON 2015

Abstract

Background: The high number of acute respiratory infection found in two islamic boarding schools specifically at Raudhatul Ulum Islamic Boarding Schools are 178 cases and 231 cases at Al-Ittifaqiah.

Method: It was an observational research using cross-sectional design. Research sites at Raudhatul Ulum Islamic Boarding Schools and Al-Ittifaqiah Islamic Boarding Schools in Ogan Ilir. The population research was all santriwati both Islamic boarding schools that total sample 72 santriwati. The dependent variable in this study was santriwati incidence of respiratory infection, the independent variable was the physical quality of the air (temperature, lighting, humidity, rate of ventilation), the quality of biological air (number of bacterial air), residential density, sanitize behavior, and the behavior of openning window.The sample collection technique namely random sampling with the methods of sampling stratified. Data would be analyzed using chi square test.

Result: The research result showed that there is significant correlation between temperature p= 0,013, residential density p= 0,003, sanitize behavior p= 0,001, and the behavior of opening a window p= 0,012 on the acute respiratory infection. There is no significant relationship in lighting p= 0,401, humidity p= 0,170, ventilation rate p= 0,489, and the germ air p= 0,170 as the acute respiratory infection.

Conclusion: This research concluded that temperatur, residential density, sanitize behavior, and the behavior of opening window have significant correlation.

Keywords: Acute respiratory infection, physical environment.