Pediatric Augmented Reality (P-Ar) Implementation In Pandalungan Society: Prevention Of Upper Airways Infection On Children

Abstract

Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are still a major health problem in Indonesia and even in the world. It causes of mortality and morbidity of many people in developing countries. AR has the potential to provide contextual education in media and can help explore interconnections in information in cyberspace, people, especially children and parents can use AR to build new understandings based on their interactions with virtual objects. The research method used in this research is pre-experimental design. The type of research design that is expected to prove the effect of P-AR on ARI with the design of educational media. The method  involves a group of mothers who have children with ARI taken by consecutive sampling in the community when the posyandu is run. The total participants in this study were 107 participants, with an age range of 21 - 40 years. there was a decrease in maternal stress levels as much as stress (SD± 19.25 - 9.644) and improvement in maternal resilience after the application of PAR with (SD± 5.35 - 8.38). Based on the results of research, shown that mothers who have children with respiratory infections to receive health care in hospitals can make mothers experience depression and anxiety. In addition, children also feel anxious about the presence of disease. So we need a coping strategy and information that can help in problem solving. AR can be used to improve emotional health in children.