RESEARCH ARTICLE
Indoor Air Pollution and Respiratory Function on Primary School Students in West Jakarta, Indonesia
Gelora J.T. Mulia1, Bambang Wispriyono1, *, Haryoto Kusnoputranto1, Budi Hartono1, Anna Rozaliyani2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2020Volume: 13
First Page: 190
Last Page: 195
Publisher ID: TOPHJ-13-190
DOI: 10.2174/1874944502013010190
Article History:
Received Date: 19/11/2019Revision Received Date: 10/03/2020
Acceptance Date: 10/03/2020
Electronic publication date: 23/05/2020
Collection year: 2020
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode). This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background:
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between air pollutant exposure, i.e., Particulate Matter (PM2,5), and the numbers of airborne bacterial colonies inside the classroom to the respiratory symptoms of three primary school children in West Jakarta.
Methods:
We did a quantitative study with a cross-sectional design using variables, i.e., age, sex, physical activity, nutritional status, students’ density, ventilation, classroom temperature, and classroom humidity. We used Haz-Dust EPAM 5000 to measure PM2,5,MAS 100 NT to calculate the total bacterial colony, spirometry to measure the respiratory capacity, and questionnaire to measure other related variables.
Results:
We found a significant relationship between PM2,5concentration with respiratory symptoms, however, there was no significant relationship between the total number of airborne bacterial colonies with respiratory symptoms.
Conclusion:
Based on our results, we conclude that there was a significant relationship between the PM 2,5 concentration and obstructive pulmonary symptoms and there was no significant relationship between the numbers of the bacterial colonies with pulmonary symptoms.