PROFESSIONAL HEALTH JOURNAL
Vol. 7 No. 2 (2026)

The Effect of a Duckbill Plant (Kalanchoe pinnata) Compress on Reducing Post-Vaccination Fever in Children Under 2 Years of Age

Lea Ingne (Universitas Ibrahimy, Situbondo)
⁠Lia Fitria (Universitas Ibrahimy, Situbondo)
Tri Wahyuningtyas (Universitas Ibrahimy, Situbondo)
Rohemah (Akademi Kebidanan Aifa Husada, Pamekasan)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Jul 2026

Abstract

Introduction : Immunization is a vital public health program aimed at providing immunity against dangerous infectious diseases in children. A common side effect of immunization is fever. Fever management is divided into two categories: non-pharmacological therapy (without medication) and pharmacological therapy (with medication). Cocor bebek (Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers) is a traditional plant that can be used as medicine. Objectives : Involved 18 toddlers in the Kapongan Community Health Center (Puskesmas) service area in Situbondo Regency. Method: This quasi-experimental study, using a one-group pretest-posttest design, Data were analyzed using SPSS with the Wilcoxon test. Results: A comparison of body temperature in the participants before and after the duckbill plant compress, using the Wilcoxon test, yielded a p-value of 0.016 (<0.05). Conclusion: There is an effect of the Kalanchoe pinnata compress on reducing post-immunization fever in infants under 2 years of age (baduta) in the service area of the Kapongan Community Health Center (UPT Puskesmas).

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Journal Info

Abbrev

PHJ

Publisher

Subject

Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing

Description

Professional health journal is an open access journal with a wide range (Scope) of fields of nursing including basic research in nursing, management nursing, emergencies, and critical nursing, medical-surgical nursing, mental health nursing, maternity nursing, maternity nursing, child nursing, ...