THE CORRELATION OF CARE ENVIRONMENT TO THE BODY TEMPERATURE OF PREMATURE BABIES IN BABY CARE ROOM AT WALED HOSPITAL, CIREBON REGENCY

The Word Health Organization says that every year 15 million premature babies are born. About 1 million children die from complications of premature birth. Indonesia has the 5th highest rate of premature birth in the world. Premature babies are babies born before the end of 37 weeks of gestation without taking into account their birth weight. The aim of the study was to identify the relationship between the care environment and body temperature in premature infants in the infant care room at Waled General Hospital, Cirebon Regency
This type of research uses a correlational descriptive method. In this study, 32 samples were obtained using Accidental Samples. There were 11 respondents in the Nicu room, while in the perinatology room there were 21 respondents in June 2023 with a gestational age <37 weeks using observation sheets of the care environment and body temperature for 3 days. The analysis test used in this research is Spearman rank
The results of the study showed that the care environment for premature babies was not good as much as 53.1% and the body temperature of babies who experienced hypothermia was almost non-existent in 46.9% or 3.1% of babies experienced hyperthermia. Spearman rank test results obtained a correlation value of 0.804 which means it has a very strong relationship level with a positive correlation direction. (ρ value = 0.000, α = 0.5)
Based on the results above, it can be concluded that there is a significant relationship between the care environment and body temperature in premature babies in the baby care room at Waled Hospital, Cirebon Regency. Nurses and hospital officials should carry out inspections of the care environment at least once a month and organize a good environment for the development of premature babies
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