Complementary Therapy in Handling ISPA in a Family that has Balita

摘要

Complementary Therapy is medication which uses method, equipment, or ingredients which are not included in modern therapy standard (conventional); it is used complementary therapy. The use of complementary therapy by people throughout the world (including Indonesia) is increasing each year. In coping with ISPA (Upper Respiratory Tract Infection), especially which attack the upper respiratory tract such as cough, fever, flu, people usually choose alternative therapies besides conventional therapy. The objective of the research was to find out complementary therapy in handling ISPA in families that had balita (below five year-old children) at Beganding Village, Karo Regency which included the percentage of using therapy, its method, and the reason for a family in using complementary therapy. The research used descriptive design. The samples were 32 respondents, the result of the research showed that 28 respondents used complementary therapy in coping with ISPA in their children. Of the 4 types of complementary therapy touching therapy was more commonly used than the other three types of complementary therapy individually of in combination. It is recommended thet the next researchers use qualitative design to analyze deeply the use of complementary therapy in coping with ISPA in society.