Advances in Health Sciences Research

Objective : This research aims to see the relation between diet behavior education to change of obesity patients dietary behavior. Method : This research design is quantitative with before-after method to test the effect of giving proper dietary behavior to change in the diet behavior of obesity patients....

Panorama Market is one of the largest contributor of organic waste in Bengkulu City, such as vegetable waste of cabbage (Brasicca Oleracea). Referring to Law on Waste Management No. 18/2008, the utilization of organic waste into compost is an effective way in reducing the amount of waste generation from...

The main cause of chronic periodontitis is Porphyromonas gingivalis that can be found in subgingival plaque. Porphyromonas gingivalis can be inhibited by probiotic product such as yoghurt. Yoghurt is a beverage from milk that proceed by fermentation with adding lactic acid bacteria. Yoghurt is usually...

Based on IDHS (Indonesian Demographics Health Survey) data in 2017, the antenatal care (ANC) services provided by competent healthworkers is 97.5% in the first visit (K1) and 77.4% in fourth visit (K4). Meanwhile, based on Growth Chart record, it is found that Low Birth Weight (LBW) cases is still high...

The number of stunting sufferers in Indonesia is quite high. Lack of knowledge and awareness of mothers towards balanced nutrition during pregnancy is one of the triggers for stunting. The Ciamis District Health Office (2017) found that the prevalence of stunting in the Baregbeg Community Health Center...

Nutritional malnutrition or protein-energy deficiency (PED) remains a problem in treating patients with a hereditary pancreatic enzyme deficiency (cystic fibrosis). A software product has been developed for assessing the degree of PED of children with cystic fibrosis and calculating an optimal diet therapy....

Arabica green coffee beans (Coffea arabica L.) have many chemical contents in the seeds, namely tannins, alkaloids, flavonoids, coumarin and quinones. Arabica green coffee beans also have antioxidant activity because they have polyphenols. Oil cream in water is very preferred for topical use because...

HIV/AIDS problem remains a concern in the Sustainability Development Goals program with the highest in young children. The cause of HIV/AIDS on youth because the lack of information and understanding about gender and reproductive health. Objectives: This study aims to analyze the implementation of programs...

Adolescents smokers are increase in prevalence. This is because the characteristics of adolescents tend to try new things which are populer among peer group without knowing the content of cigarettes and it’s effects to their health. This study aimed to identify the knowledge possessed by adolescents...

Hyperbilirubinemia is a common problem in newborns that is characterized by jaundice caused by high levels of bilirubin in the blood. One of the causes of hyperbilirubinemia is a deficiency in the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), which is the most common metabolic disorder affecting over...

Postpartum urinary retention (PUR) is a condition with a post-void residual volume of more than 150 mL. The incidence of PUR is not clear because of an undiagnosed asymptomatic condition. According to from literature incidence of PUR is about 0.05%-37%. Neglected PUR may result in anuria, hydronephrosis,...

Weight training with the circuit training method is widely used by physical condition coaches whose benefit is to improve the body’s abilities in general and is often used by coaches if they do not have enough training time before the match. Weight training has the aim to strengthen the ability of muscles;...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine differences in the characteristics of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) patients between those who have complications and those who do not have complications. Method: Participants in this study were type 2 DM patients (n = 41). Member of Prolanis South...

Background: Breastfeeding is the cornerstone of child survival, nutrition, and development. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breasfeeding for the first 6 months of life. The objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of being not exclusive breasfeeding and to identify...

Nano pores in Santa Barbara Amorphous (SBA-15) has potential to be employed as a carrier to enhance solubility and dissolution. Addition of salt on surfactant solution enabling the SBA-15 synthesis process carried on room temperature instead of 35-50°C. Atorvastatin Ca, which belongs to Biopharmaceuticals...

Background: Acute myocardial infarction (IMA) is a heart disease caused by coronary arteries, and thus myocardium has lack of oxygen resulting in myocardial tissue death. In Indonesia, the prevalence of acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) has increased by 25% to 40%, and the highest prevalence...

Type II One of chronic disease that we call it diabetes mellitus or DM, that caused when the body cannot produce enough insulin or uses of insulin cannot effectively. Death does not occur as a direct result of DM, but from its complications. Continuous high blood sugar levels will damage body tissues...

This research aims to develop advanced learning techniques Pencak Silat with the design of multimedia technology application. The design of models developed through several phases include: (1) Digging for potential and problems, (2) data collection, (3) product design, (4) Design validation, (5) revision...

Introduction: Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) defined as the inflammation of the nasal lining and sinuses, presenting with persistent symptoms such as nasal congestion or a runny nose for a duration exceeding twelve weeks. The management of CRS in COVID-19 pandemic era follows the guidelines provided by...

Background: The most prominent stages of growth and development occur at the age of children and adolescents, namely changes in body posture. Posture changes that occur are caused by environmental factors and spinal growth abnormalitiesa common abnormality is scoliosis. Objective: The researcher aims...

Leucorrhoea is a physiological problem that is still considered trivial so that many young women have poor behavior in preventing pathological vaginal discharge. This type of research is a comparative quast experiment with a two-group pretest-posttest design, a sample of 152 people consisting of the...

Many factors are responsible for high incidence of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). Moreover, the existence of Aedes mosquitoes plays a role in DHF transmission and larval indices was used as indicators to monitor Aedes populations. The present study determined the influence of socio-cultural, environmental...

Down Syndrome (DS) is type of mental disability caused by genetic disorder in chromosome 21. DS causes inability to maintain oral hygiene thus dental caries are commonly found in children with DS. Purpose of this research is to study the difference between caries experience and saliva condition and determine...

Ministry of Health Regulation Number 90 of 2015 regulates the special capitation fund were paid for health facilities in remote and very remote areas which estabilished by district head. Head of the North Nias District issued letter of decree Number 640.2/K/Year/2016 estabilish seven sub-districts in...

The Glasgow coma scale (GCS) is an instrument used by paramedics to measure the decrease in patient awareness. GCS instruments are often used in emergency rooms, intensive care units (ICU), and neurological units. Impairment of consciousness is a dangerous condition for the patient’s life rate and is...

The purpose of the research was to study the angioarchitecture of kidney in three-dimensional projection with the determination of segmental arteries. A three-dimensional analysis of 116 corrosive preparations of the arterial system of kidney was performed. Corrosion preparations were 3D scanned. In...

Educational board games have been used as an alternative method for health promotion and education. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of the Dengue Hero board game in improving children’s knowledge and attitudes regarding Dengue prevention compared to the conventional, lecture-based health...

Cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) is a disorder of the heart and kidneys whereby acute or chronic dysfunction in one organ may induce acute or chronic dysfunction of the other. Chronic abnormality in cardiac function leading to kidney injury or dysfunction was a typical characteristic of CRS type 2. Renal dysfunction...

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of aqua noodle media on backstroke swimming skills. Population and sample of research are male and female student counted 30 people using total sampling technique. The experimental method with one group pre-test post-test design. The results showed...

A preliminary evaluation on the cytogenetic effects and DNA damages was done in blood of twenty two person at the age between 30-56 years old from medical workers as expose group and their matched twenty from administration workers (control). Their bloods were collected with their full informed consent...

Stunting starts from pre- conception when adolescents becomes an malnutrition and anemic mother. One problem of malnutrition in adolescents is chronic energy deficiency which will have an impact on increasing the prevalence of stunting in infants. The purpose of this study was to determine the determinant...

An optimal education could prevent caries risk in orphans. An appropriate educational media would make them easier to receive the information and increase their knowledge, attitude, and behavior. Audio-visual is an interesting educational media which involves more senses. This study aimed to analyze...

ASI/ breastmilk is the best nutrition for babies, but many factors can influence mothers to be failed breastfeeding. The low achievement of exclusive breastfeeding is influenced by lack of knowledge, lack of maternal experience, lack of implementation of Early Breastfeeding Initiation (IMD) and the incessant...

Background: Smoking plays a role in hypertension. Smoking consumption in Indonesia was the highest among ASEAN countries in 2017. It is estimated that new smokers aged 19 and under are about 16.4 million. Increased blood pressure is influenced by several factors, one of the factors is smoking. Blood...

The anxiety due to leprosy stigma makes the patient not ready to accept the disease so that it can cause psychological disorders, namely distress. Psychological disorders can affect the intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and adversity intelligence of lepers. Healing process must pay attention to physical,...

Cosmetics are a daily human need. The number of cosmetics on the market is thought to contain hazardous or toxic substances, one of which is heavy metals. Based on BPOM RI Regulation Number Hk.03.1.23.07.11.6662 Year 2011 Regarding the requirements for heavy metals in cosmetics, the very limit for Pb...

In Malaysia, deaths are increasing due to various factors such as chronic diseases, road accidents, the Covid-19 epidemic and others. The year 2020 to 2022 shows a decrease in life expectancy due to the increase in excess deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic. The increase in mortality is increasing but...

Tuberculosis was a contagious infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Patients who are diagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis will arose fear in him. It was important for tuberculosis patients to have confidence to heal or self efficacy. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to analyze...

Objective: Utilizing malapari peel as a raw material of activated charcoal and determine its best quality. Method: The samples were carbonized at a temperature of 300 C, 400 C and 450 C. The resulting charcoal was activated chemically and physically. Activated charcoal was characterized based on SNI...

The nutritional status of toddlers in North Maluku Province in 2003-2017 shows that wasting has decreased from 16.1% in 2003, 15.7% in 2013, and 10.3% in 2017. While the stunting condition has fluctuated from 25.4% in 2003, 18.3% in 2013, and 25% in 2017. Meanwhile, the stunting condition in South Halmahera...

Children who first practice swimming, must first be introduced to the properties of water. The introduction of water really needs to be applied to all those who want to learn swimming specifically for children with intellectual disabilities, of course it is very important to do water swallowing. The...

The purpose of this study was to obtain an overview of the development of Assertive behavior of deaf students through collaborative learning in Assertive Training and Physical Activity. The method used is an experimental method with the design of The Randomized Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design....

Athlete Speed and acceleration data needed for customizing the athlete training program design. This study is conducted to identify and compare the speed and acceleration of ability between woman Soccer and futsal athlete. The samples used in this study are women soccer and futsal players from Soccer...

Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal group that is toxic, dangerous to health and the environment if its present in large concentrations. Experimental research on the utilization of Chlorella Vulgaris non-living cells has been carried out to removing Cd(II) ions from the invention under various conditions and...

This study evaluates the potential of stingless bee (Tetragonula laeviceps) methanol extract and its fractions (hexane, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, methanol, and acetone-water) as an antibacterial, antioxidant, phenolics content, and LC/MS profiles of dichloromethane fraction. The test was carried...

Background Anatomical variations of the nose and paranasal sinuses are one of the contributing factors in developing Chronic Rhinosinusitis (CRS) predisposing factor and complications during surgery complicating factors. CT Scan has an important role in diagnosing. One of the tools used...

Arabica coffee leaves and clove flowers are some of the plants that are used as traditional medicine. Both of these plants are known to have secondary metabolites that have stimulant activity. This study aims to determine the stimulant activity of a combination of coffee leaf extract (Coffea arabica...

Anterior crossbite is a malrelation in which one or more anterior teeth are malpositioned palatally or lingually in a centric occlusion with the mandibular anterior teeth. An alternative treatment to correct the anterior crossbite is by using a removable orthodontic appliance. This case report aims to...

Smoking and hypertension have an important role in mechanism of stroke, both of it also act as major risk factor of stroke. The purpose of this study was to know the relation between smoking and hypertension in patients with stroke. This study is a cross sectional study, the sample was taken consecutively....

Hospitals as social organizations responsible for health services for the community are required to always provide good services. Every workplace always contains various potential dangers, with fatigue it can trigger stress that can affect health such as the onset of work stress. Job stress is a dangerous...

Hypertension is categorized as the silent disease since the patients do not know that they have it before taking the blood pressure check-up. Hypertension which is not treated properly and prolonged can effect to stroke, heart attack, and main factor of chronicle kidney failure. The hypertension can...

The aim of the study was to carry out a three-dimensional quantitative analysis of blood supply variants of kidney segments during dichotomous division of the renal artery. The study prepared 116 corrosive preparations of human kidney arterial system, followed by 3D scanning to obtain digital models....

Background: Nurses as providers of nursing care have high responsibilities so they are very vulnerable to burnout. Burnout can be overcome by strategies for solving problem using coping with burnout. The purpose of this literature review is to analyze coping strategies that are used by nurses to deal...

The problem for Special School teachers today is that they have difficulty delivering manipulative motion material to students with different child conditions. This research and development aim is to develop a teacher module in learning manipulative motion material for class IV SDLB with autism with...

Aim of the study: to examine and compare speed and acceleration at run 60 m test between football and futsal players. This study examined 10 male football players (age 15.4 years; height 164.9 cm; body mass 59.6 kg), futsal players (age 16.7 years; height 169.1 cm; body mass 58.0 kg). Each group twice...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between absolut neutrophil counts with the Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) in hyperuricemia. Method: Participants in this study were men 18-65 years old (n = 30). Living in Indonesia the city of Tasikmalaya. Participation selection...

Impact of diabetes distress on diabetes self-care practices have been widely investigated but little known about the implication of the diabetes self-care on diabetic distress. This study is a correlational study that aims to discover the prevalence of distress and its correlation with self-care behavior...

The problem in this study is the ability of passing basketball students who are not optimal. This research is aimed at seeing influences of 3 kg medicine ball training on the passing ability of high school basketball students. This research method is experimental. The population of this study was 28...

Background: The study results in several developing countries show that male and female adolescents aged 18 years have had sex before marriage. Some of the causes of adolescent sexual behavior are due to the lack of communication between adolescents and their closeness to their parents. Teenagers are...

Joint pain is a disorder that can lead to disability and decreased performance. Spiritual cupping care is a combination of prayer and cupping that can increase endorphins and reduce pain in patients with knee joint pain. Objective: The aim of the study was to explain the effect of spiritual cupping care...

This study aimed to test the predictions of anthropometric variability with game performance assessment instrument on volleyball player. This research using descriptive correlation with participants as many as 35 athletes, aged between 20-22 years from three universities club in West Java Indonesia....

Diarrhea is a condition characterized by changes in the consistency of stool from softening to melting, and at least three times a day. Diarrhea is still a public health problem in developing countries such as Indonesia, because of its high morbidity and mortality. Data on diarrhea patients from the...

There have been a few conceptual drawbacks of National Health Insurance (NHI) implementation since it was launched in 2014. One of which is in its policy implemented in which there is a wide gap of the available facilities and health workers in diverse regions in Indonesia. The government can optimize...

Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) test results in Riskesdas 2007 found that 12.8% of men and 14.7% of women had low TSH levels which indicated a suspicion of hyperthyroidism. The purpose of this research to find out the relationship between hormonal contraception with the incident of hyperthyroidism...

The Indonesian version of the SF-36 Item Health Survey instrument measured quality of life in patients with chronic diseases. However, the validity and reliability of this instrument have not been tested in the post-heart attack patient population. This study aimed to assess the construct validity and...

Objective:. The aim of this research is to identify the potential anti-obesity effect of Jasminum sambac (L.) W.Ait. ethanol extract in high-fat-diet-induced mice. Method: This assay was administered to high-fat diet induced mice for 30 days, to get an increase of body weight of 20% higher than early...

Dengue outbreak occurs in Indonesia, including Medan. We selected socio-demographic profile of the community, its behavior and environment in order to see dengue dynamic within the same location. Medan Baru represents the highest reported case, and Medan Area, for the lowest reported case. A total of...

For more than 5000 years, people have used honey to improve the physical attributes of the musculoskeletal system as well as for health reasons. Honey is mainly composed of carbohydrate (CHO), minerals, and vitamins which are properties that are proved to be able to improve sports performance and general...

The aim of the study was to carry out a three-dimensional quantitative analysis of the variants of blood supply to the segments of the kidneys during dichotomous division of the renal artery. We made 116 corrosive preparations of the human kidney arterial system, followed by 3D scanning to obtain digital...

Physical exercise on high frequency and intensity requires cardiopulmonary endurance. Lung vital capacity is ability of lung to maximum respiration. Oxygen in the air can be distributed if it has iron minerals in hemoglobin. Severe physical exercise interferes with the absorption of iron minerals. The...

The most frequent cause of degenerative diseases of the lumbar spine is Lumbar Disc Herniation (LDH), covering 3% of the population. Lumbar Disc Herniation (LDH) can be recovered with conservative treatment, and this can occur due to a spontaneous resorption process in the intervertebral disc tissue....

Cardiac myxoma is the most frequent primary tumor of the heart, considered a benign, slowly proliferating neoplasm. The incidence of cardiac myxoma is low, with approximately 0.5–1 cases per 1,000,000 individuals per year. Cardiac myxoma can be present at any age but most often in 30–60 years old, with...

The purpose of the study was to increase the ability of swimming distance freestyle between those who used Flippers & back buoy, kickboard aids and those without using tools. Methode; used true experiment, pre-test and post-test design with the control group, and determined randomly assignment devided...

Chronic kidney disease occurs due to impaired kidney function that are progressive and settled. One of the treatment is hemodialysis that performed in a long period, causing changes in the physical, psychological, social, and the economic of the patient. These changes can affect the patient’s coping...

Prematurities or low birth weight commonly contributes to the mortality rate of newborns. About 35% of babies born prematurely are very vulnerable for inability to adapt to the extrauterine environment. This condition often requires intensive monitoring such as the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)...

During the covid-19 pandemics, the government required people to comply with health protocols. Some health protocol demands are such as using masks and maintaining personal sanitation independently. The application of sanitation and hygiene aims to protect the public from the covid-19 virus. Independently,...

Smoking has been a part of human life for a long time, including teenagers. Cigarette smoke produced from burning tobacco contains a toxic gas, namely carbon monoxide (CO), which can cause dangerous diseases to the body. The danger posed makes innovations continue to emerge to seek other alternatives...

Teen sexual behavior in the form of desire encourages adolescents to perform the sexual behavior, both with the opposite sex or same sex. So there are still many teenage girls who drop out due to sexual behavior that deviates. The purpose of this study was to investigate factor analysis related to female...

The implementation of distribution Health Human Resources (HHR) has become a plan that must be implemented to support the distribution and improvement of health services, as stated in the 2005-2025 National Long-Term Development Plan (RPJPN) and outlined in the 2005-2025 National Long-Term Development...

Direct composite veneer is often done to increase the aesthetics of teeth after bleaching. In direct composite veneer treatment, the presence of free radicals residual after bleaching can inhibit the polymerization of the bonding agent and decrease composite shear bond strength. Increasing shear bond...

The purpose of this study was to examine what elementary school teacher perception of Physical Education’s (PE) is teaching barriers such as institutional barrier, teacher related barrier and student related barrier. Survey methods used in this research. A total of 48 elementary teacher (40 men and 8...

The aim of the study was to conduct a three-dimensional analysis of some variants of a renal artery’ division and its major vessels. We performed 124 corrosive preparations of a human kidney arterial system, followed by 3D scanning to obtain digital models. In a three-dimensional projection, the variants,...

Low Birth Weight events are closely related to nutritional status. The nutritional status of pregnant women both before and throughout pregnancy can describe the availability of nutrients in the mother’s body to support fetal development. Predictors of a woman’s nutritional status throughout pregnancy...

In the 21st century, Sports management is the science and experience for all mankind, in their performances, profession or society that involve the output, stimulation, publicity or classification of any physical exercise associated to an interest or product. Sports institutional management consists...

One way to lower blood pressure is using feet soaking therapy with warm water using a ginger aromatherapy. Soaking parts of the body into the warm water can improve circulation, reduce edema, and improve muscle relaxation, which leads to blood pressure drop. This study aimed to find out whether there...

In traditional medicine, Z. officinale has been known and used for centuries. However, with the current ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Z. officinale is increasingly being used to treat symptoms of COVID-19 and increase overall immunity. The presence of multiple phytochemicals contained in Z. officinale has...

Background Physical appearance is one type of body image that is the main concern of a woman. If a woman has a positive mind on her body, she will not feel disturbed by her physical condition. On the other hand, a woman who fails to think positively, tends to be dissatisfied with her body...

Hypoestrogen in menopausal women causes loss of glycogen, decreased lactic acid production that could rise the vaginal pH and facilitates the occurrence of infection, irritation and vaginal becomes dry, hot and itchy. The importance of the role of estrogen for women reproduction, encouraging researches...

Adherence to the WHO guidelines for infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practice in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is unsatisfactory. Women’s empowerment has been noticed as the key factor which mediating intra-household resources to achieve optimal IYCF practice. Thus, we undertook a systematic...

This research was aimed at examining the affectivity of the types of goal setting as one of psychological skill training (PST) strategies in mastering clear lob basic skill (clear lob-BS) of badminton game. The research was conducted by administering quasi-experimental method and time series as the design...

Violence against women by partners is a serious problem of public health which contributes to injuries whether as short-term or long-term health consequences. Based on the annual records of the women’s national commission in 2017, there were 259,150 cases of violence against women that being reported...

Background: COVID-19 virus spread rapidly throughout the world. It caused the massive patients admitted to the hospitals with severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome to exceed the capacity of beds in the ICU. It makes the hospital give priority to the ICU bed for the COVID-19 patient with the best...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health problem, and in the South-East Asia Region, 15% are extra-pulmonary TB (EPTB). The occurrence of EPTB in the upper airway, tonsil and the parotid gland is a rare finding. Moreover, EPTB in these regions would present mimicking symptoms as common ENT cases. The...

Background: Medical plasma can generate biological molecules such as ROS and RNS. The medical aspect of plasma is conceptually related to its ability to produce biological molecules, specifically ROS and RNS (commonly abbreviated as RONS). Red dragon fruit extract is better at repairing granulation tissue...

Objective: This study was conducted to prove the antipyretic effect of the (Phaleria Macrocarpa (Scheff) Boerl.) and the effect strength, because the scientific evidence and its benefits were still limited, although empirically its leaf has been widely used by society as antipyretics.Methods: Measurements...

Media/learning tools are one of the important factors to help students succeed in increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of achieving learning objectives in the teaching and learning process in schools. The ball is the dominant tool/media in sport learning. The results of the preliminary study show...

Cardiovascular diseases occupy a leading role in the structure of morbidity and mortality worldwide. This fact justifies the necessity to study cardiovascular risk factors and develop new ways of cardiovascular prevention. Stress is an established cardiovascular risk factor. Future research was needed...

The study is quantitative descriptive which aims to find out the competence of Sport Physical Education and Health teachers, which includes: pedagogical competence, personal competence, social competence and professional competence. The population in this study is all Sport Physical Education and Health...

The bad effect of salt have been suspected for a least one hundred years. High salt intake increased production of TGF-β where as TGF-β activates a receptor serine/threonine kinase (RS/TK). Through phosphorylation Smad2/3 and Co-Smad cascade they recruited transcription factors and co-activator for initiates...

Schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness that requires long treatment. Caring for schizophrenia in a long period caused a burden for caregivers who took care of a patients at home. Psychoeducational intervention may improve caregivers' outcomes. It was designed to help caregivers reduce their burden...