THEEFFECTIVENESSOFCOMMONCOLDMASSAGEINHEALINGCOUGHSAND COLDSINBABYANDTODDLERSINRAHMAMEDIKACLINIC

Abstract

Health problems most often experienced by a baby toddler are cough and cold due to respiratory tract

irritation problems, allergies, and decreased immunity. Non-pharmacological handling of cold cough is safer

to use because it does not use side effects such as drugs. One non-pharmacological way is common cold

massage. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of common cold massage on the healing

time of cold cough in baby and toddlers at Rahma Medika clinic. This study was an experimental quasy

design, where the researcher only intervened in one group and the other group would act as a control without

randomization. This research was conducted for 1 month, April – May 2024 at the Rahma Medika clinic.

The samples used in this study were 32 in the intervention group and 32 in the control group. Univariate

analysis results mean cure time of the intervention group was 2.6 days and the control group was 3.25 days.

The analysis of the t-test stated that there was an effect of giving common cold massage on the acceleration

of the healing time of cold cough in baby and toddlers and statistically the difference was considered

significant, because the p-value of 0.003 < 0.05. The combination of Common Cold Massage can speed up

the healing time of cold cough symptoms.